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eBook details

Title: Natural Disasters in China
Author : Peijun Shi
Release Date : January 18, 2016
Genre: Nature,Books,Science & Nature,Earth Sciences,Professional & Technical,Engineering,
Pages : * pages
Size : 12758 KB

Description

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.