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• Publisher : Springer Nature
• File Size : 54,5 Mb
• Release Date : 19 April 2022

This book brings together interdisciplinary perspectives from across the Asia Pacific region, covering four main sections: 1) Governance, 2) Education and Capacity, 3) Science, Technology, Risk Assessment and Communities, and 4) Recovery. The chapters

• Publisher : Routledge
• File Size : 50,9 Mb
• Release Date : 04 September 2014

This book uses two international frameworks—the Millennium Development Goals and the Hyogo Framework for Action, a program focused on disaster risk management—to study the key trends in the

• Publisher : Springer
• File Size : 40,7 Mb
• Release Date : 18 November 2014

The Asia-Pacific region is one of the most vulnerable to a variety of natural and manmade hazards. This edited book productively brings together scholars and senior public officials having direct

• Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
• File Size : 50,5 Mb
• Release Date : 09 November 2020

In this volume, contributors look at response, recovery and adaptation to climate-induced disasters, in Asia-Pacific - the world's most disaster-prone region. Chapters examine case studies from Cambodia, Fiji, Solomon Islands

• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• File Size : 48,5 Mb
• Release Date : 29 October 2013

The book outlines the regulatory environment for disaster prevention and management in broad social, economic and political context. The first half of the book focuses mainly on Japan, especially the ‘3

• Publisher : Unknown Publisher
• File Size : 45,7 Mb
• Release Date : 13 January 2021

This publication aims to guide policy makers and other stakeholders on how to scale up disaster risk reduction financing in developing member countries of the Asian Development Bank. Disaster events

• Publisher : United Nations
• File Size : 55,5 Mb
• Release Date : 29 February 2016

The world's most disaster-prone region has witnessed natural disasters that affected development. Building resilience to natural disasters is crucial. Disaster risk reduction (DRR) must be integrated into national development planning.

• Publisher : Asian Development Bank
• File Size : 41,8 Mb
• Release Date : 01 December 2020

Disaster events impact Asia and the Pacific more than any other region in the world. In light of current and future climate and disaster risks, there is an urgent need

• Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
• File Size : 45,6 Mb
• Release Date : 06 January 2016

Urban Disasters and Resilience in Asia presents the latest information on the intensity and frequency of disasters. Specifically, the fact that, in urban areas, more than 50% of the world's population

• Publisher : World Bank Publications
• File Size : 45,5 Mb
• Release Date : 10 April 2013

Disaster risk management is essential in the fight against poverty. Disasters can, in an instant, wipe out decades of hard-fought poverty reduction and development gains and push countless households into