Risk Analysis of Natural Hazards [electronic resource] : Interdisciplinary Challenges and Integrated Solutions /
Gardoni, Paolo.editor.
Murphy, Colleen.editor.
Rowell, Arden.editor.
This volume investigates the interdisciplinary and cross-cutting challenges in the risk analysis of natural hazards. It brings together leading minds in engineering, science, philosophy, law, and the social sciences. Parts I and II of this volume explore risk assessment, first by providing an overview of the interdisciplinary interactions involved in the assessment of natural hazards, and then by exploring the particular impacts of climate change on natural hazard assessment. Part III discusses the theoretical frameworks for the evaluation of natural hazards. Finally, Parts IV and V address the risk management of natural hazards, providing first an overview of the interdisciplinary interactions underlying natural hazard management, and then exploring decision frameworks that can help decision makers integrate and respond to the complex relationships among natural events, the built environment, and human behavior.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
Risk Assessment: An Interdisciplinary Perspective -- Future Challenges: Impact of Climate Change -- Risk Evaluation: Theoretical Frameworks -- Risk Management: Interdisciplinary Perspectives -- Risk Management: Decision Frameworks.
This volume investigates the interdisciplinary and cross-cutting challenges in the risk analysis of natural hazards. It brings together leading minds in engineering, science, philosophy, law, and the social sciences. Parts I and II of this volume explore risk assessment, first by providing an overview of the interdisciplinary interactions involved in the assessment of natural hazards, and then by exploring the particular impacts of climate change on natural hazard assessment. Part III discusses the theoretical frameworks for the evaluation of natural hazards. Finally, Parts IV and V address the risk management of natural hazards, providing first an overview of the interdisciplinary interactions underlying natural hazard management, and then exploring decision frameworks that can help decision makers integrate and respond to the complex relationships among natural events, the built environment, and human behavior.
Economic policy.
System safety.
Geology.
Public policy.
Philosophy.
R & D/Technology Policy.
Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.
Natural Hazards.
Public Policy.
International Environmental Law.
Philosophy of Technology.