Handbook of disaster risk reduction & management / edited by Christian N. Madu, University of Nigeria, Nigeria & Pace University, USA, Chu-Hua Kuei, Pace University, USA.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Madu, Christian N. (Christian Ndubisi), editor.

Kuei, Chu-hua, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emergency management--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Emergency management.

Hazard mitigation.

Hazard mitigation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

lxiii, 892 pages ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Handbook of disaster risk reduction and management

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., [2018]

Contents:

Introduction to disaster risk reduction and management / Christian N. Madu [and 6 others]

Reducing economic vulnerability to climate risk through community resilience / Douglas Crawford-Brown

A new framework to build resilience to disasters / Paola Albrito

The system for crisis management in Sweden : collaborative, conformist, contradictory / Per Becker and Fredrik Bynander

Disaster risk reduction capacity assessment : conceptualizing a systematic capacity (assessment) framework for Japan / Paul Ofei-Manu and Robert J. Didham

Using systems thinking to achieve sustainability and disaster resilience / Tonatiuh Rodriguez-Nikl

Addressing risks in the reconstruction and development of fragile states : lessons from Aceh, Haiti, and South Sudan / Josef Leitmann

Critical infrastructure protection and uncertainty analysis / Razieh Mosadeghi, Russell Richards and Rodger Tomlinson

Gender perspectives in response and recovery / Yoko Saito

Natural disasters and supply chain disruption management / Dmitry Ivanov and Evelyn Wendler

Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction integration in Australia : challenges and opportunities / Giuseppe Forino, Jason von Meding and Graham J. Brewer

Measuring the immeasurable : towards an integrated evaluation framework of climate change adaptation projects / Stelios Grafakos [and 3 others]

Risk management of landslides and flooding

recommendations and step wise process / Yvonnen Andersson-Sköld and Göran Davidsson

Multi-risk assesssment and governance / Arnaud Mignan [and 3 others]

Complex systems thinking in preparation for unexpected risks : building general resiliance in South Australia / Antonella Cavallo

Modeling disaster resilience / Helen J. Boon

Multi-scale seismic hazard in the context of the reduction of earthquake disaster risk : a case study on the earthquake forecast practice in China / Zhongliang Wu

Evaluating the performance of disaster risk management systems

is it possible? / Claudia Rivera, Henrik Tehler and Christine Wamsler

Priority assessment of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) : a case study of Nigeria / Christian N. Madu [and 10 others]

Hyogo Framework for Action : an analysis ten years later and a prospective for future decades / Marialuce Stanganelli

Natural disaster management in Italy / Luca Bertazzi and Simona S.M. Cherubini

Decision making for responding to drought

ensuring they are driven by objective assessments of drought / S.V.R.K. Prabhakar [and 3 others]

Exploring the inadequacy of pertinent capacities for urban flood risk management in the developing countries / Ugonna C. Nkwunonwo

Disaster risk reduction policy and management in Zimbabwe / Emmanuel Mavhura

Community disaster management plans / Yingigba C. Akinyemi

Review of disaster risk reduction and management in Malawi / Phiri Innocent Pangapanga

Disasters in Thailand / S.H.M. Fakhruddin

Models for holistic recovery / Pattamaporn Busapathumrong

The role of women in disaster resilience / Khurshed Alam and Md. habibur Rahman

Emergency planning and disaster recovery in hospitality industry / Ahmad Rasmi AlBattat, Ahmad Puad Mat Som and Ayesha Faroq

Humanitarian logistics / Begoña Vitoriano

Social marketing and disaster preparedness / Min H. Lu

Disaster recovery and sustainable community development / Yunong Huang and Hung Wong

Healthcare disaster risk reduction and management / Nebil Achour

Strategies for disaster risk reduction and management : are lessons from past disasters actionable? / Oluwasoye P. Mafimisebi and Sara Thorne

Evolving disaster relief supply chain quality management (DRSCQM) into Nigeria's emergency operations / Ikenna C. Ezeasor [and 5 others].

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789813207943

9813207949

OCLC:

972200551

Publisher Number:

99982396411