Disaster Risk Science

• Main Author: Shi, Peijun (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2019.
• Series: IHDP/Future Earth-Integrated Risk Governance Project Series,
• Subjects: Natural disasters.; Physical geography.; Risk management.; Natural Hazards.; Physical Geography.; Risk Management.

This is the first English language book to systematically introduce basic theories, methods and applications of disaster risk science from the angle of different subjects including disaster science, emergency technology and risk management. Viewed from basic theories, disaster risk science consists...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Hazards, Disasters and Risks
• Regional Disaster System
• Disaster Formation Process
• Disaster Measurement、Statistics and Assessment
• Disaster Risk Assessment
• Disaster Risk Map
• Disaster Risk Regionalization
• Disaster Risk Management
• Disaster Emergency Management and Response
• Integrated Disaster Risk Governance.