Risk returns / [compiled by: Sean Nicklin and Ben Cornwell ; edited by Michele Witthaus ... [et al.]]
- Bib ID:
- 8053367
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- Leicester, England : Tudor Rose, on behalf of UNISDR, [2011]
- 168 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 30 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9780956856104
- Summary:
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This book is the latest in a series of volumes addressing natural disasters, and how their impact can be reduced by effective capacity building and prevention strategies. A fully illustrated, 200-page book, Risk Wise offers perspectives, case studies and analysis on disaster risk reduction and mitigation in light of the increasing threat of natural disasters. It brings together the knowledge and experiences of public and private organisations working toward disaster preparedness and mitigation at local, national and international levels.
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- Effective financing that reduces risk from natural hazards / Secretariat of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction based on the findings of the global assessment report 2011
- Education for sustainable development and education for disaster risk reduction: a winning combination / Olivier Laboulle
- The development of the global framework for climate services / Geoffrey B. Love
- International recovery platform: better rebuilding for resilient recovery / Sanjaya Bhatia
- Strengthening the Asian system for disaster risk reduction / Atsushi Koresawa
- Humanitarian response and disaster risk reduction in New Zealand and the Pacific / Richard Smith
- Capacity development and DRR: an Indian experience / Santosh Kumar
- Challenges in the implementation of the Hyogo framework for action in South Asia / Sheel Kant Sharma
- Disaster resilience: a national goal in Australia / The Australian Attorney-General's Department, Canberra
- Indonesia: improving investment in communities for risk reduction / Sugeng Triutomo
- Earthquake risk reduction in Indonesia / Krishna S. Pribadi and Wayan Sengara
- Disaster risk reduction in Turkey / I. Ejder Kaya
- Preventive risk reduction through space technology / Anond Snidvongs
- Disaster risk reduction in gracias a dios, Honduras / GOAL Honduras
- Hazardscape: community perparedness in Brunei Darussalam / Yahya Haji Abdul Rahman
- Argentina: working together for disaster risk reduction / Gabriel M. Fuks and Carlos E. Zaballa
- Disasters-a part of life / Eugen Visan
- Disaster risk reduction in Croatia / Damir Trut, Damir Cemerin and Natasa Holcinger
- Cyclone hazard and unpredictability: preparing coastal communities / Yugraj Singh Yadava
- Reducing vulnerabilities and enhancing resilience in Nigeria / Muhammad Sani Sidi
- Intergrated disaster risk reduction in the Southeast Asian region / Dato'Ibrahim Bin Komoo
- Integrating disaster risk reduction in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) / Erik Rottier
- An intergrated approach to disaster mitigation at Nyachilenda river / Abel Chigunduru
- Risk reduction and adaptation: good concepts with great challenges / Hassan Ahmad and Siti Sayadi
- Good practices in multi-hazard early warning systems / Maryam Golnaraghi, Jame Douris
- Strategy and alliance for Urban disaster risk reduction / Yasuo Tanaka
- Strengthening Australia's multiagency approach to disaster management / Stacey Greene
- Reducing disaster risks through successful partnerships / Natalie Dale ... [et al.]
- Building resilience to flood and typhoon hazards in Viet Nam / Ian Wilderspin, Miguel Coulier and Nguyen Huu Phuc
- Disaster risk reduction and the building of a disaster-resilient India / M Shashidhar Reddy
- Enabling neighbourhoods for disaster response / Roderick Kuhne, Michele Mercier and Bjorn Schranz
- You can't use information you don't have: the role of data in reducing rick / Heather M. Bell and Ray Shirkhodai
- Sentinel Asia-space and ICT technologies towards disaster risk reduction across the Asia-Pacific region / Kazuya Kaku
- One horn of the cow: an innovative GIS-based surveillance and early warning system in pastoral areas of Sahel / Frederic Ham ... [et al.]
- Responding to climate change: community capacity-building for comprehensive disaster reduction / Zhang Xiaoning, Yang Peiguo
- Assessing future risks: climate change adaptation based on the Hyogo framework for action / Dag Olav Hogvold
- Actions for disaster risk reduction through climate change adaptation in Asia and the Pacific / Dugkeun Park
- Karnal, Nepal: the hidden disasters / Christophe Belperron
- Community-based disaster risk reduction in East Java / Eko Teguh Paripurno and Arif Rianto Budi Nugroho
- Sustainable livelihoods: tribal island ecosystems / Janki Andharia
- Building a bridge between the insurance industry and government / Frans Y. Sahusilawane
- Reducting disaster risk through microinsurance: new evidence from communities in South Asia / Mihir R. Bhatt
- Community managed disaster risk reduction programmes of Caritas India / Sunil T. Mammen
- Including people in risk governance for disasters and climate change / Duryog Nivaran ... [et al].
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- Includes bibliographical references.
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