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Glance at the Silk Road Disaster Risk / by Peng Cui, Yu Lei.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cui, Peng, author.
- Lei, Yu, author.
- Series:
- Earth and Environmental Science Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Natural disasters.
- Geography.
- Environmental monitoring.
- Sustainability.
- Environmental sciences--Social aspects.
- Environmental sciences.
- Natural Hazards.
- Regional Geography.
- Environmental Monitoring.
- Environmental Social Sciences.
- Local Subjects:
- Natural Hazards.
- Regional Geography.
- Environmental Monitoring.
- Sustainability.
- Environmental Social Sciences.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (189 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2022.
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2022.
- Summary:
- This book vividly shows the fostering environment, activity characteristics, distribution pattern, economic losses, casualties, disaster risks and management of earthquakes, mass movement, drought, floods, and marine disasters in the Silk Road region. It develops a multi-scale and multi-disaster risk assessment method to better assess and understand the Silk Road disaster risk. A multi-level collaborative risk management model has been proposed for transboundary disasters, and it also shares case studies on major disaster risk management. The book makes a major step forward to increase the understanding of the disaster risk of the Silk Road region. It presents a holistic understanding of the natural hazards and their induced disaster risks and is a valuable read for scholars, stakeholders and practitioners in the DRR community.
- Contents:
- Background and Connotations
- Environment
- Disaster Risk Assessment
- Risk Management
- Future Prospects. .
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Cui, Peng Glance at the Silk Road Disaster Risk
- ISBN:
- 981-19-5583-2
- OCLC:
- 1492970173
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