Natural Disasters: Prevention, Risk Factors and Management
Natural Disasters: Prevention, Risk Factors and Management (Natural Disaster Research, Prediction and Mitigation; Safety and Risk in Society) by Biljana Raskovic and Svetomir Mrdja
English | 2012 | ISBN: 1622576764 | 358 pages | PDF | 9,6 MB
English | 2012 | ISBN: 1622576764 | 358 pages | PDF | 9,6 MB
In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the prevention, risk factors and management of natural disasters.
Topics discussed include typhoon and hurricane prediction; point-of-care testing in complex emergency and disaster resilience; management strategies for children during natural disasters; torrential floods prevention; information technology and simulation in disaster management; quantile approach application to seismic risk assessment; the increase of natural disasters as a result of global climate change; coping with disaster trauma; paleo-landslides in central Serbia; how the elderly cope during disasters and crises; and government involvement in Connecticut during Tropical Storm Irene.