Natural Disasters in China de Peijun Shi

Natural Disasters in China: IHDP/Future Earth-Integrated Risk Governance Project Series

Peijun Shi

This is the first English language book that systematically introduces the spatial and temporal patterns of major natural disasters in China from 1949 to 2014. It also reveals natural disaster formation mechanisms and processes, quantifies vulnerability to these disasters, evaluates disaster risks, summarizes the key strategies of integrated disaster risk governance, and analyzes large-scale disaster response cases in recent years in China. The book can be a good reference for researchers, students, and practitioners in the field of natural disaster risk management and risk governance for improving the understanding of natural disasters in China.

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Paperback (1)	629^.92 lei 6-8 săpt.
Springer Berlin, Heidelberg – 30 mai 2018	629^.92 lei 6-8 săpt.
Hardback (1)	636^.20 lei 6-8 săpt.
Springer Berlin, Heidelberg – 27 mai 2016	636^.20 lei 6-8 săpt.

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Express

Paperback (1)

629^.92 lei 6-8 săpt.

Springer Berlin, Heidelberg – 30 mai 2018

629^.92 lei 6-8 săpt.

Hardback (1)

636^.20 lei 6-8 săpt.

Springer Berlin, Heidelberg – 27 mai 2016

636^.20 lei 6-8 săpt.

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783662502686
ISBN-10: 3662502682
Pagini: 360
Ilustrații: XI, 288 p. 141 illus.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.6 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2016
Editura: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
Colecția Springer
Seria IHDP/Future Earth-Integrated Risk Governance Project Series

Locul publicării:Berlin, Heidelberg, Germany

Cuprins

Natural Disaster System in China.- Earthquake Disaster in China.- Landslide and Debris Flow Disaster of China.- Typhoon Disaster of China.- Flood Disaster in China.- Drought Disaster in China.- Snow- Frost - Hail Disaster in China.- Blown Sand Disaster in China.- Storm Surge Disaster in China.- Integrated Natural Disaster Risk Management and Governance of China.

Notă biografică

Peijun Shi, a leading expert of natural disaster risk management in China, is the Academician of the China Science Center of International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, and was awarded the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars in 2004. He is the Deputy Director of the Expert Committee of China National Commission for Disaster Reduction and Director of the State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University. He has led more than 10 national research projects, including projects of the National Science and Technology Support Program and National Key Basic Research and Development Program, and published over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles and more than 30 books and atlases.

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Caracteristici

The first English language book systematically introduces the spatial and temporal patterns of natural disasters, quantifies natural disaster vulnerability, evaluates natural disaster risks, summarizes the key strategies of integrated natural disaster risk governance, and analyzes large-scale disaster response cases in China Includes over 100 figures to illustrate the spatial and temporal patterns of major natural disasters, disaster vulnerability, and disaster risks Offers in-depth analyses of all major natural disasters and catastrophic natural disaster response cases Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras