Natural Disasters In China (ihdp/future Earth-integrated Risk Governance Project Series)
by Peijun Shi /
2016 / English / PDF
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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.
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.
