Natural Disaster Survey Report
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 47,4 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Disasters
ISBN :
Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research
Author : Fernando I. Rivera
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 17,38 MB
Release : 2019-06-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 0128162651
Book Description
Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research provides a synthesis of the most pressing issues in natural hazards research by new professionals. The book begins with an overview of emerging research on natural hazards, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires, sea-level rise, global warming, climate change, and tornadoes, among others. Remaining sections include topics such as socially vulnerable populations and the cycles of emergency management. Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research is intended to serve as a consolidated resource for academics, students, and researchers to learn about the most pressing issues in natural hazard research today. - Provides a platform for readers to keep up-to-date with the interdisciplinary research that new professionals are producing - Covers the multidisciplinary perspectives of the hazards and disasters field - Includes international perspectives from new professionals around the world, including developing countries
Facing Hazards and Disasters
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 31,41 MB
Release : 2006-09-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0309101786
Book Description
Social science research conducted since the late 1970's has contributed greatly to society's ability to mitigate and adapt to natural, technological, and willful disasters. However, as evidenced by Hurricane Katrina, the Indian Ocean tsunami, the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, and other recent events, hazards and disaster research and its application could be improved greatly. In particular, more studies should be pursued that compare how the characteristics of different types of events-including predictability, forewarning, magnitude, and duration of impact-affect societal vulnerability and response. This book includes more than thirty recommendations for the hazards and disaster community.
Improving Disaster Management
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 16,77 MB
Release : 2007-05-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0309164486
Book Description
Information technology (IT) has the potential to play a critical role in managing natural and human-made disasters. Damage to communications infrastructure, along with other communications problems exacerbated the difficulties in carrying out response and recovery efforts following Hurricane Katrina. To assist government planning in this area, the Congress, in the E-government Act of 2002, directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to request the NRC to conduct a study on the application of IT to disaster management. This report characterizes disaster management providing a framework for considering the range and nature of information and communication needs; presents a vision of the potential for IT to improve disaster management; provides an analysis of structural, organizational, and other non-technical barriers to the acquisition, adoption, and effective use of IT in disaster; and offers an outline of a research program aimed at strengthening IT-enabled capabilities for disaster management.
Facing the Unexpected
Author : Ronald W. Perry
Publisher : Joseph Henry Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 23,31 MB
Release : 2001-11-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309171970
Book Description
Facing the Unexpected presents the wealth of information derived from disasters around the world over the past 25 years. The authors explore how these findings can improve disaster programs, identify remaining research needs, and discuss disaster within the broader context of sustainable development. How do different people think about disaster? Are we more likely to panic or to respond with altruism? Why are 110 people killed in a Valujet crash considered disaster victims while the 50,000 killed annually in traffic accidents in the U.S. are not? At the crossroads of social, cultural, and economic factors, this book examines these and other compelling questions. The authors review the influences that shape the U.S. governmental system for disaster planning and response, the effectiveness of local emergency agencies, and the level of professionalism in the field. They also compare technological versus natural disaster and examine the impact of technology on disaster programs.
Natural Disasters: Hurricanes
Author : Pat J. Fitzpatrick
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 13,86 MB
Release : 1999-12-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 1576072606
Book Description
This easily accessible reference work reveals the workings of savage tropical storms, charts their actions and cycles, assesses their economic and environmental impact, and reviews the latest research on hurricanes.
Federal Evaluations
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Publisher :
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 49,24 MB
Release :
Category : Evaluation research (Social action programs)
ISBN :
Book Description
Contains an inventory of evaluation reports produced by and for selected Federal agencies, including GAO evaluation reports that relate to the programs of those agencies.
Federal Program Evaluations
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Publisher :
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 22,31 MB
Release : 1981
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
Contains an inventory of evaluation reports produced by and for selected Federal agencies, including GAO evaluation reports that relate to the programs of those agencies.
The Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters
Author : Debarati Guha-Sapir
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 20,10 MB
Release : 2013-05-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0199841934
Book Description
This work combines research and empirical evidence on the economic costs of disasters with theoretical approaches. It provides new insights on how to assess and manage the costs and impacts of disaster prevention, mitigation, recovery and adaption, and much more.
Earthquake Engineering Research Center Library Printed Catalog
Author : University of California, Berkeley. Earthquake Engineering Research Center. Library
Publisher :
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 23,17 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Buildings
ISBN :
