Screen LibraryLand Use Management in Disaster Risk Reduction : Practice and Cases from a Global Perspective /
This book provides a wide range of studies on methods of assessing natural disaster risks and reducing those risks in the context of land use. A major benefit of the book is that it presents extensive research and practices from interdisciplinary perspectives through case studies of land use managem...
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Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Tokyo : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Disaster Risk Reduction, Methods, Approaches and Practices,
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-56442-3 |
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This book provides a wide range of studies on methods of assessing natural disaster risks and reducing those risks in the context of land use. A major benefit of the book is that it presents extensive research and practices from interdisciplinary perspectives through case studies of land use management against various natural disasters. The natural hazards include earthquakes, tsunami, floods, and other disasters, with case studies ranging from urban areas to areas with natural environments such as mountains, coasts, and river systems. By quantitative and qualitative analysis, this work illu |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource(XVI,476pages): illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9784431564423 |
| Index Number: | GF125 |
| CLC: | F301.24 |
| Contents: | Land use Management in Disaster Risk Reduction: An Overview -- Land Use Management and Risk Communication -- Experiences of Japan in Post Hanshin Awaji Earthquake -- The Reconstruction of Bhuj - Reflecting on the Planning Process -- Land use management along fault line: experiences of New Zealand -- Experience from the United States: Post Katrina and Sandy -- Integrated land use planning in New Zealand and Canterbury earthquakes -- The rapid development of settlements in flood-prone areas in peri-urban Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: Monitoring and spatial analysis using VHR satellite imageries -- In |