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Integrated Risk Governance Science Plan and Case Studies of Large-scale Disasters /

"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,...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Shi, Peijun. (Editor), Jaeger, Carlo. (Editor), Ye, Qian. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:IHDP-Integrated Risk Governance Project Series,
Subjects:
Geography.
Geology.
Regional planning.
System safety.
Climatic changes.
Environmental economics.
Earth Sciences.
Natural Hazards.
Climate Change.
Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.
Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.
Environmental Economics.
Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31641-8
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Integrated Risk Governance Project (IRG) Science Plan
  • Executive Summary
  • The Challenge
  • Research Programme
  • Outcomes
  • Implementation Strategy
  • Part II: Integrated Governance of Large Scale Disaster Risk
  • Experiences and Lessons of Large-Scale Disaster Governance in China Perspective to the Response of Wenchuan Earthquake Disaster May 12 2008
  • Experiences and Lessons of Large-Scale Disaster Governance in China Perspective to the Response of Freezing Rain and Snowstorm Disaster in South China Early 2008
  • Avoiding the Avoidable. Towards A European Heat Waves Risk Governance
  • Hurricane Katrina: A Teachable Moment
  • China Wenchuan and Tangshan EarthquakesOpportunity for Learning and Development
  • Comparative Case Study of Entry Transition of Large-scale Disasters: 2008 South China Snow Storm and 2005 US Katrina
  • Chinese Paradigm of Catastrophe Risk Governance
  • The Community Model of Integrated Natural Disaster Risk Prevention in China.

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