Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia Pacific

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Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia Pacific

Author	: Helen James
File Size	: 43,5 Mb
Publisher	: Springer Nature
Language	: English
Release Date	: 19 April 2022
ISBN	: 9789811648113
Pages	: 391 pages

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Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia Pacific by Helen James Book PDF Summary

This book brings together interdisciplinary perspectives from across the Asia Pacific region, covering four main sections: 1) Governance, 2) Education and Capacity, 3) Science, Technology, Risk Assessment and Communities, and 4) Recovery. The chapters address different dimensions of Sendai Framework of Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR), which are linked to Sustainable Development Goals, as well as Paris Agreement on Climate Change.

Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia Pacific by Helen James,Rajib Shaw,Vinod Sharma,Anna Lukasiewicz

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Disaster Risk Management in Asia and the Pacific by Ian Davis

This book uses two international frameworks—the Millennium Development Goals and the Hyogo Framework for Action, a program focused on disaster risk management—to study the key trends in the region in terms of disaster incidence, sources of vulnerability and social and economic challenges. As both frameworks draw to a

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Natural Disaster Management in the Asia Pacific by Caroline Brassard,David W. Giles,Arnold M. Howitt

The Asia-Pacific region is one of the most vulnerable to a variety of natural and manmade hazards. This edited book productively brings together scholars and senior public officials having direct experience in dealing with or researching on recent major natural disasters in the Asia-Pacific. The chapters focus on disaster preparedness

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Climate Induced Disasters in the Asia Pacific Region by Andreas Neef,Natasha Pauli

In this volume, contributors look at response, recovery and adaptation to climate-induced disasters, in Asia-Pacific - the world's most disaster-prone region. Chapters examine case studies from Cambodia, Fiji, Solomon Islands and Samoa.

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The book outlines the regulatory environment for disaster prevention and management in broad social, economic and political context. The first half of the book focuses mainly on Japan, especially the ‘3-11’ events: the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the Tohoku area on 11 March 2011 and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

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The Asia Pacific Disaster Report 2015 by United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

The world's most disaster-prone region has witnessed natural disasters that affected development. Building resilience to natural disasters is crucial. Disaster risk reduction (DRR) must be integrated into national development planning. This report assesses the state of resilience in the region, and disaster-related goals and targets of the Sustainable Development Goals

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Financing Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia and the Pacific by Asian Development Bank

This publication aims to guide policy makers and other stakeholders on how to scale up disaster risk reduction financing in developing member countries of the Asian Development Bank. Disaster events impact Asia and the Pacific more than any other region in the world. In light of current and future climate

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Urban Disasters and Resilience in Asia by Rajib Shaw,Atta-ur-Rahman,Akhilesh Surjan,Gulsan Ara Parvin

Urban Disasters and Resilience in Asia presents the latest information on the intensity and frequency of disasters. Specifically, the fact that, in urban areas, more than 50% of the world's population is living on just 2% of the land surface, with most of these cities located in Asia and developing countries that

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