Description: Further DetailsTitle: Local Disaster Risk Management in a Changing ClimateCondition: NewSubtitle: Perspective from Central AmericaEAN: 9781783509355ISBN: 9781783509355Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing LimitedFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 09/18/2014Description: "Disasters cause economic as well as human losses. Indeed, economic losses associated directly with disasters have continued at increasing proportions worldwide since the 1970s, as the 2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction conducted by the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) illustrates. Disaster losses due to single geological events sometimes appear much greater in magnitude than those attributed to climate-related disasters. Nonetheless, the overall trend for increasing loss can largely be attributed to the increase in climate-related disasters, which in turn is triggered in part by global climate change. Furthermore, as such disasters increase in frequency, it intensifies vulnerability in the poorest regions of developing countries. In this book, the authors discuss effective approaches to enhancing the local disaster risk management (DRM) capacity of developing countries to combat increasing climate-related disaster impacts. Also provided are ideas and lessons on local disaster risk management, in terms of planning and practice in developing countries, with particular focus on a case study in Costa Rica."Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 23mmItem Weight: 454gContributor: Hori Tsuneki (Edited by), Rajib Shaw (Edited by)Author: Hori TsunekiGenre: Science Nature & MathBook Series: Community, Environment and Disaster Risk ManagementRelease Year: 2014 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Local Disaster Risk Management in a Changing Climate
Title: Local Disaster Risk Management in a Changing Climate
Subtitle: Perspective from Central America
EAN: 9781783509355
ISBN: 9781783509355
Release Date: 09/18/2014
Release Year: 2014
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Contributor: Rajib Shaw (Edited by)
Genre: Science Nature & Math
Number of Pages: 216 Pages
Publication Name: Local Disaster Risk Management in a Changing Climate : Perspective from Central America
Language: English
Publisher: Emerald Publishing The Limited
Publication Year: 2014
Item Height: 0.9 in
Subject: Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Latin America / Central America, Global Warming & Climate Change, Disasters & Disaster Relief, Emergency Management
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Rajib Shaw
Subject Area: Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Science, History
Item Length: 9 in
Series: Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
