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Hazards Analysis : reducing the impact of disasters / John C Pine

By: Pine, John CContributor(s): Pine, John CMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher number: :Brijwasi Book Distributors | :H-87, Lalita Park laxmi Nagar Delhi 110092Publication details: Boca Raton : CRC Press, ©2015Description: xviii, 316 pages 24cmISBN: 9781482228915Subject(s): Social problems & social services | Disasters -- Social aspects | Emergency management | Community organization | Disasters -- Risk assessment | Social Science -- Disasters & Disaster Relief | Business & Economics - InfrastructureDDC classification: 363.347 PIN

Contents:

1. Introduction to hazards analysis / John C. Pine -- 2. Hazards identification / John C. Pine -- 3. Modeling natural- and human-caused hazards / John C. Pine -- 4. Spatial analysis / John C. Pine -- 5. Risk analysis : assessing the risks of hazards / Kevin L. Shirley and John C. Pine -- 6. Social, economic, and ecological vulnerability / John C. Pine -- 7. Risk communication / John C. Pine and Stephen L. Guillot, Jr. -- 8. Hazards risk management process / Greg Shaw -- 9. Planning for sustainable and disaster-resilient communities / Gavin Smith -- 10. Creating disaster-resilient communities : a new natural hazards risk management framework / Gavin Smith.

Summary: "The impacts of natural and manmade disasters have been increasing at exponential rates over the past few decades. Our global interconnectedness and the scale of disaster events has grown to the point where catastrophic disasters have regional, national, and even global economic consequences. This volume presents a systematic process of hazards identification, vulnerability determination, and consequence assessment

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1. Introduction to hazards analysis / John C. Pine --
2. Hazards identification / John C. Pine --
3. Modeling natural- and human-caused hazards / John C. Pine --
4. Spatial analysis / John C. Pine --
5. Risk analysis : assessing the risks of hazards / Kevin L. Shirley and John C. Pine --
6. Social, economic, and ecological vulnerability / John C. Pine --
7. Risk communication / John C. Pine and Stephen L. Guillot, Jr. --
8. Hazards risk management process / Greg Shaw --
9. Planning for sustainable and disaster-resilient communities / Gavin Smith --
10. Creating disaster-resilient communities : a new natural hazards risk management framework / Gavin Smith.

"The impacts of natural and manmade disasters have been increasing at exponential rates over the past few decades. Our global interconnectedness and the scale of disaster events has grown to the point where catastrophic disasters have regional, national, and even global economic consequences. This volume presents a systematic process of hazards identification, vulnerability determination, and consequence assessment

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