Overview
- The first English-language atlas to systematically introduce the global natural disaster risk assessment and risk mapping
- Includes over 17 maps to explain the risks of major natural disaster risk in the world
- Offers in-depth analysis of the risk assessment for global major natural disaster risk assessment
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: IHDP/Future Earth-Integrated Risk Governance Project Series (IHDP-FEIRG)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Environments and Exposures
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Earthquake, Volcano and Landslide Disasters
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Flood and Storm Surge Disasters
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Sand-dust Storm and Tropical Cyclone Disasters
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Heat Wave and Cold Wave Disasters
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Drought Disasters
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About this book
This is the first English-language atlas to systematically introduce the environment, hazard, vulnerability and risk mapping for 11 natural disasters, i.e. earthquake, volcano, landslide, flood, storm surge, sand-dust storm, tropical cyclone, heat wave, cold wave, drought and wildfire, and risk mapping for multi-hazard disaster in the world. The above 11 hazards are assessed and mapped at grid unit, comparable-geographic unit and national unit, and the multi-hazard is assessed and mapped at grid unit and national unit. The expected annual mortality and/or affected population risks and expected annual economic loss and/or affected property risk of 11 hazards and multi-hazard of the world at national level are unprecedentedly derived and ranked. The atlas can be a good reference for researchers and students in the field of natural disaster risk management and risk governance, and enterpriser and risk manager as well to understand the global natural disaster risk.
Prof. Peijun Shi works at Beijing Normal University, China; Prof. Roger Kasperson works at Clark University, USA.
Reviews
“In this book edited by Shi (Beijing Normal Univ.) and Kasperson (Clark Univ.) … contributors analyze and map disaster risks and their potential human impacts. … This source will be a vital reference for students, researchers, and practitioners in the fields of disaster mitigation, risk management, and policy making. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through researchers/scholars; professionals/practitioners.” (C. A. Sproles, Choice, Vol. 53 (3), November, 2015)
Editors and Affiliations
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: World Atlas of Natural Disaster Risk
Editors: Peijun Shi, Roger Kasperson
Series Title: IHDP/Future Earth-Integrated Risk Governance Project Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45430-5
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg and Beijing Normal University Press 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-45429-9Published: 26 March 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-52615-6Published: 29 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-45430-5Published: 11 March 2015
Series ISSN: 2363-4979
Series E-ISSN: 2363-4987
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXVI, 368
Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations, 374 illustrations in colour
Topics: Natural Hazards, Earth System Sciences