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Title
Natural disasters in China [electronic resource] / Peijun Shi, editor.
ISBN
9783662502709 (electronic book)
3662502704 (electronic book)
9783662502686
Published
Berlin : Springer, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xi, 288 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number
GB5011.7
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.340951
Summary
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 24, 2016).
Series
IHDP/Future Earth-integrated risk governance project series.
Available in Other Form
Print version: Natural disasters in China. Berlin, [Germany] : BNUP : Springer, c2016 9783662502686
Natural Disaster System in China
Earthquake Disaster in China
Landslide and Debris Flow Disaster of China
Typhoon Disaster of China
Flood Disaster in China
Drought Disaster in China
Snow- Frost
Hail Disaster in China
Blown Sand Disaster in China
Storm Surge Disaster in China
Integrated Natural Disaster Risk Management and Governance of China.
