Natural hazards analysis
Subtitle: reducing the impact of disasters
By: John Pine.
Publisher: Auerbach Publications
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boca Raton, FL
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781420070385
Subjects: Disasters -- Social aspects; Emergency management; Preparedness; Community organization; Disasters -- Risk assessment; Risk management
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to hazards analysis; title: Hazard identification; title: Modeling natural environmental hazards; title: Spatial analysis of environmental risks; title: Risk analysis : assessing the risks of natural hazards; title: Social, economic, and ecological vulnerability; title: Risk communication; title: The hazards risk management process; title: Planning for sustainable and disaster resilient communities; title: Disaster resilient communities : a new hazards risk management framework.