Integrated Risk Governance: Science Plan and Case Studies of Large-scale Disasters (2013) (IHDP-Integrated Risk Governance Project Series)

By: Peijun Shi, Carlo Jaeger and Qian Ye

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Synopsis: "Integrated Risk Governance: Science Plan and Case Studies of Large-scale Disasters" is the first book in the IHDP-Integrated Risk Governance Project Series. It consists of two parts: Part I: Integrated Risk Governance Project Science Plan, which outlines the challenge, research programme, outcomes, and implementation strategy of the IRG Project; and Part II: Case Studies of Large-scale Disasters, which includes case analyses of experience, lessons learned and recommendations on various large-scale disasters around the world, such as the Tangshan and Wenchuan earthquakes and the great ice storm in China, European heat waves, and Hurricane Katrina in the USA. The community model of integrated natural disaster risk governance and paradigm of catastrophe risk governance in China are also presented.Prof. Peijun Shi works at Beijing Normal University, China; Prof. Carlo Jaeger works at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany; Prof.Qian Ye works at Beijing Normal University, China.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783642316418
Related ISBNs:: 9783642316401
Publisher:: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Date of Addition:: 06/21/22
Copyrighted By:: Beijing Normal University Press, Beijing and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Business and Finance, Technology, Earth Sciences, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Peijun Shi
Edited by:: Carlo Jaeger
Edited by:: Qian Ye