Natural Disaster Risk Management: Geosciences and Social Responsibility
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (693 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3319206745 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 514 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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“Ranke … has written a very timely, well-organized, comprehensive textbook that will be remarkably valuable to earth scientists in many disciplines throughout the world. S. Climatologists, hydrologists, geophysicists, volcanologists, and sedimentologists are just some specialists who will find this book an important resource. 53 (9), May, 2016). … This guide and accompanying free software will be very useful to students studying natural disaster risks. Field, Choice, Vol. … Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” (M
Prof. For three years he was assigned to the Federal German Ministry for Technical Cooperation and Development as seconded expert for integrating geoscience in social and economic development projects. He joined the German Geological Survey (BGR) the same year, and worked for an extended period as a petroleum advisor to Bangladesh and Pakistan. Later he became Head of the Department for Principles of Tech
This textbook assumes the viewpoint of a regional disaster risk manager who is responsible for a certain area, and for making the lives of the people who live there safer, regardless of the type of natural disaster that may occur. This comprehensive book is a must-read for all students, researchers and practitioners dealing with natural disaster risk management.. Many aspects of disaster risk management, such as those involved in earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, avalanches and mudslides call for similar prevention and preparedness instruments, management concepts, and countermeasures. In closing, a chapter on risk splitting offers insights into insurance-based models for risk financing. The same holds true for boosting preparedness and awareness in the population at risk. Furthermore, it provides an in-depth examination of the function of risk communication, both as an instrume