Strategic Disaster Risk Management in Asia

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ha, Huong (Editor), Fernando, R. Lalitha S. (Editor), Mahmood, Amir (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Climate change.; Natural disasters.; Environmental management.; Public administration.; Environmental economics.; Economics.; Public Administration.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Environmental Management.; Natural Hazards.; Environmental Economics.

This book presents strategies for managing disasters and reducing risks in Asian countries. Given the dynamic changes in the natural environment as well as the patterns of land use and management, the growing populations of the developing nations in Asia, migration patterns, and other social-cultura...