Natural disasters : risk assessment, management strategies and challenges /

Natural disasters : risk assessment, management strategies and challenges / editor, Deanna Romero. - 1 online resource. - Natural disaster research, prediction and mitigation . - Natural disaster research, prediction and mitigation series. .

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Risk Communication of Disasters in Urban Settings: The Social Involvement on the Reduction of Vulnerabilities -- Determinant for Adopting Risk Management Mechanisms Amongst Flood Victims in North West Cameroon -- Disaster Management Policies and Practices in Nepal -- Seismic Risk Perception of High School Students in Mexico City -- The Effects Major Earthquakes Have on Young Adolescent Children from the Perspective of Their Parents and Other Stakeholders -- Teachers' Lived Realities during and after a Natural Disaster: An Earthquake Case Study -- Understanding Why the Gorkha Earthquake Became Devastating -- Home Attachment in Risk Areas: Exploratory Study in Itaja�i Valley -- A Virtual Community of Practice to Learn about Natural Disasters: Opportunities and Challenges -- Challenges to Building Community Resilience from Disaster in the Context of Urban Health Emergency Management -- An Overview of the Current Global and Regional Actions against Climate Change -- Disaster Relief and Reconstruction in Taiwan: Policy and Issues -- Social Security Add, Control and Management for Floods in Taiwan Under Extreme Climate Between 1994 and 2013 -- Suicidal Behaviour in the Aftermath of Natural Disasters: Trends, Risk Factors and Best Practices in Prevention.

9781536101119 1536101117

2016051318


Natural disasters--Prevention.
Emergency management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
Emergency management.
Natural disasters--Prevention.


Electronic books.

GB5005

363.34