Geohazards and Disaster Risk Reduction : Multidisciplinary and Integrated Approaches / edited by Sebastiano D'Amico, Francesco De Pascale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

D'Amico, Sebastiano, author.

De Pascale, Francesco, author.

Series:

Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, 2213-6959 ; 51

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural disasters.

Geotechnical engineering.

Sustainability.

Natural Hazards.

Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences.

Local Subjects:

Natural Hazards.

Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences.

Sustainability.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (503 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2023.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2023.

Summary:

This book provides a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach to addressing geohazards, with topics such as social vulnerability reduction, risk prevention, institutional preparedness, and community resilience. It also introduces new technologies to study geohazards, which is important since geohazards have caused many casualties, economic losses, and damage to cultural heritage throughout human history. Despite this, the culture of risk prevention is not yet widespread, so Disaster Risk Reduction activities must focus on increasing capacities, strategies, and action plans for prevention and preparedness in local communities.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

Part I: Geohazards and Disaster Prevention: Approaches and Case Studies

Chapter 1: Social Vulnerability and Geohazards: Review and Implications

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Extreme Geohazards: Mechanism and Characteristics

1.2.1 Flood Due to Extreme Water Events

1.2.2 Earthquake

1.2.3 Landslide

1.2.4 Sinkhole (Natural and Anthropogenic)

1.2.5 Subsidence

1.3 Societal Impacts of Geo-Disasters

1.3.1 Before Disaster

1.3.1.1 Perception of Disaster Risk

1.3.1.2 Disaster Preparedness

1.3.1.3 Responses to Warning Communication

1.3.2 During Disaster

1.3.2.1 Housing and Homelessness

1.3.2.2 Residence in Areas at High Risk of Disaster Effects

1.3.2.3 Financial Effects

1.3.3 After Disaster

1.3.3.1 Difficulty of Obtaining and Receiving Aid

1.3.3.2 Lack of Access to Housing

1.3.3.3 Stress Associated with Lack of Resources

1.3.3.4 Greater Prevalence of Distress and Depression

1.3.3.5 Posttraumatic Stress

1.3.3.6 Physical Health and Health Problems

1.4 Case Studies of the Social and Economic Impact of Geo-Disasters

1.4.1 Hurricane Katrina (Levee System Failure): New Orleans Case Study

1.4.1.1 During Disaster (from Perspectives of Damage, Evacuation)

1.4.1.2 After Disaster (from the Perspective of Posttraumatic Stress)

1.4.2 Socioeconomic Impacts of Haiti Earthquake

1.4.2.1 Shelter

1.4.2.2 Impact on the Economy

1.4.2.3 Impact on Education

1.4.3 The Economic Loss due to Newcastle Earthquake

1.4.4 Sinkholes

1.5 Discussion on Differential Impacts of Geohazards in Social Vulnerability

1.6 Conclusion and Recommendation

References

Chapter 2: Representations of Catastrophe Victims in Journalistic Narration: L´Aquila Earthquake of 2009

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Semantic Evolution of the Word ``Victim´´.

2.3 Representation of Victims as Martyrs: The Case of L´Aquila Earthquake

2.4 Conclusion

Chapter 3: Perception of the Self-Exposure to Geohazards in the Italian Coastal Population of the Adriatic Basin

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Methods

3.2.1 Study Areas

3.3 Data Collection

3.4 Data Analysis

3.5 Results and Discussion

3.5.1 Influence of Personal Factors and Climate Risk Awareness on the Perception of Self-Exposure to Geohazards

3.5.1.1 Lignano Sabbiadoro (Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region)

3.5.1.2 Montemarciano (Marche Region)

3.5.1.3 Brindisi (Puglia Region)

3.5.2 Influence of the Proximity to the Coast on the Perception of Self-Exposure to Geohazards

3.5.2.1 Lignano Sabbiadoro (Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region)

3.5.2.2 Montemarciano (Marche Region)

3.5.2.3 Brindisi (Puglia Region)

3.5.3 Overview on Factors Influencing the Perception of Self-Exposure to Geohazards Along the Italian Adriatic Coasts

3.6 Conclusions

Chapter 4: Urban Transformation, Collective Memory, and Disaster Preparedness: A Case from Turkey

4.1 Introduction

4.1.1 Urban Transformation and Disaster Management

4.1.2 Disaster Preparedness

4.1.3 Past Experiences and Collective Memory of Disasters

4.1.4 The 1999 Marmara Earthquake

4.1.5 Earthquakes in Balkesir

4.1.6 Research Question and Method

4.1.7 Findings of Household Characteristics

4.1.8 Findings Related to Disaster Preparedness

4.2 Conclusion

Chapter 5: Perceptions and Practices of Disaster Governance in Countries with Long History of Centralized Administration: A Ca...

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Literature Overview

5.2.1 Disaster Management and Preparedness

5.2.2 The Role of Local Governments/Municipalities in Disaster Preparedness

5.3 Research Methods and Techniques.

5.3.1 Purpose and Problem of the Research

5.3.2 Research Method and Process

5.4 Findings

5.4.1 Risk Analysis: ``It Has a Cost´´

5.4.2 Database on Disadvantaged Groups: ``I Don´t Think We Have a Healthy Data´´

5.4.3 Information on Disaster Material Requirements: ``We Provide Whatever Assistance Is Requested from Us´´

5.4.4 Awareness-Raising Activities: ``A New Generation Is Coming with Its Consciousness Right Now´´

5.4.5 Disaster Response Plan: ``That Plan Will Come from AFAD and We Will Be Involved in It´´

5.4.6 Disasters and Inter-Institutional Cooperation: ``We Mobilize Very Well When Necessary´´

5.4.7 The Central Role of AFAD: ``We Learned This on August 17th´´

5.4.8 Cooperation with Civil Society: ``Let Me Be Clear, NGOs Are Not Very Active´´

5.5 Discussion and Conclusions

Chapter 6: Reducing the Risk from Asbestos in the Built Environment During Natural Hazard Events

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Types of Asbestos

6.3 Sources of Asbestos

6.4 Uses of Asbestos

6.5 Asbestos as a Hazard

6.6 Reducing the Asbestos Threat from Earthquakes, Cyclones, Floods, and Tsunamis

6.6.1 Elements of Disaster Risk Management

6.6.2 Preparedness and Risk Reduction

6.6.3 Asbestos-Aware Response and Recovery

6.7 Conclusions

Part II: Climate Change Perspectives

Chapter 7: Communicating Weather Risk in the Twenty-First Century: Approaches Using Video Games and Virtual Reality

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Data and Methodology

7.3 Results

7.4 Discussion

7.5 Conclusions

Appendix

Chapter 8: Assessing Coastal Flood Impact on Buildings: A Climate Change Perspective from the Developing Nation

8.1 Understanding the Impact of Changing Climate on Coastal Flooding

8.2 Assessing Coastal Flood Impact: A Perspective from a Developing Nation.

8.2.1 Climate Change and Disaster Mitigation Policy of the Government

8.2.2 Challenge in Estimating Coastal Flood Impact in a Data-Scarce Region

8.3 Multivariate Building Damage Assessment Model for Vernacular Buildings

8.3.1 Research Methodology

8.3.2 Results and Discussion

8.3.3 Analysing Spatial Damage Post-Cyclone Yass

8.4 Conclusion

Chapter 9: Coping with Disasters: What Place Names Can Tell Us About Anthropocene and Climate Change

9.1 Nomina Sunt Consequentia Rerum: A Name, A Destiny

9.2 An Ethnographic Case: La Saxe

9.3 Recurring Events

9.4 Saints and Holy Places

9.5 Conclusions

Chapter 10: Climate Change and the Rising Disaster Risk in Africa

10.1 Climate Change

10.1.1 Climate Change Mitigation

10.1.2 Adaptation

10.1.3 Loss and Damage

10.2 Disaster Risk

10.3 Climate Change´s Impacts on Disaster Risk in Africa

10.3.1 100 Years of Climate-Related Disasters in Africa: 1920-2019

10.3.2 The ENSO Events: 1920-2019

10.3.3 ENSO and the Anthropogenic Changing Climate

10.3.4 Neo-normal Disaster Risk Paradigm

10.3.4.1 Being Overtaken by Events

10.3.4.2 Heightened Vulnerability, Exposure and Dwindling Coping Capacities

10.3.4.3 Neo-normal Disaster Risk Paradigm: A Prophecy Comes True

10.3.5 Re-conceptualising Resilience in Neo-normal Disaster Risk Paradigm

10.3.6 Re-politicising CCA and DRR to Counter Neo-normal Disaster Risk Paradigm

10.4 Conclusion

Chapter 11: Water and Geohazards in Lower Casamance: Risk Perception and Prevention Strategies of the Populations in the Baïla...

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Study Area

11.3 Data and Methods

11.3.1 Choice of Villages for the Survey

11.3.2 Choice of the Population to Be Interviewed and Analysis of the Research

11.4 Results and Discussion.

11.4.1 Risks in the Baïla Marigot Basin

11.4.1.1 Perceptions of Variations in the Precipitation Regime

11.4.1.2 Perceptions of Water Storage and Quality Characteristics in the Baïla Marigot

11.4.1.3 Perceptions of Degradation of Other Natural Resources and Other Constraints in the Baïla Marigot Basin

11.4.2 Strategies and Action Plans for Prevention and Preparedness of Local Communities

11.4.2.1 Strategies for Dealing with Climate Risks in the Area

11.4.2.2 Water Resources Management Strategies in the Area

11.5 Conclusion

Chapter 12: The Risk of Marine Erosion in Tunisian Beaches: A Retrospective Reading for a Prospective Vision

12.1 Introduction

12.2 Beaches that Apparently Nothing Predisposed to Important Marine Erosion

12.3 A Risk Not Limited to Managed Coasts and Perceived for More than a Century

12.3.1 Various Evidences and Indicators

12.3.2 What Conclusions?

12.4 An Inexorable Growing Risk, Especially Since the 1980s

12.4.1 A Growing Human Responsibility

12.4.2 An Erosion at Rapid Pace

12.5 The Documents Do Not Reveal Everything and Can Sometimes Mislead

12.5.1 The Corniche Beach of Bizerte

12.5.2 The Case of the Skanès Coast

12.6 A Negative Assessment at Different Levels: Beaches Often Unarmed to Face the Challenges of the Future

12.6.1 With Regard to the General State of the Beaches

12.6.2 With Regard to the Evolution of the Occupation of the Coast and the Attitude of Officials and Decision-Makers

12.6.2.1 About Coast Occupation´s Evolution and Decision-Makers´ Attitude

12.6.2.2 Delay in Soft Protection Methods´ Adoption and Prospective Approaches

12.7 Conclusion: Tunisia´s Sandy Beaches Leave Weak in the Fight Against the Predicted Sea-Level Rise

Chapter 13: African Indigenous Understanding of Climate Change and Disaster Risk Nexus.

13.1 Indignity and the Science.

Other Format:

Print version: D'Amico, Sebastiano Geohazards and Disaster Risk Reduction

ISBN:

9783031245411

OCLC:

1378391607