Overview
- Combining natural hazard science with policy response
- Truly international contributions
- Of interest to a broad readership, from academics to policy makers and from professionals in climate change to practitioners in natural hazards reduction
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Vulnerability, Mitigation and Response to Atmospheric and Hydro-Climatic Hazards
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Development and Ethical Approaches to Mitigation
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National and Regional Mitigation Policies and Strategies
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr. Emdad Haque is the Director and Professor at the Natural Resources Institute at the University of manitobe, Canada. Prior to joining the University of Manitoba in 2001, Dr. Haque was a Professor of Geography at Brandon University where he had served as Chair of the Department of Geography during 1997-2000. Dr. Haque's primary academic interest is to explore into the various facets of, and processes in the nature and society interface. His background is in the area of resource and environmental management, with concentrations in environmental risk assessment, hazard and disaster management, and water resource management.
Dr. Haque's current research interest centers around human involvement in addressing problems concerning the environment and our natural and other resources.
At the present time, his research involvement encompasses the following multidisciplinary areas: formulation of a participatory decision-making framework for sustainable floodplain management; the nature and role of risk perception and communication in disaster management; an assessment of knowledge of, and research on environmental hazards and risks as well as social and environmental impact assessment of water resource development projects.
Dr. Haque serves on the Editorial Board of the journal Natural Hazards.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mitigation of Natural Hazards and Disasters
Book Subtitle: International Perspectives
Editors: C. Emdad Haque
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4514-X
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-3112-0Published: 07 November 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6796-8Published: 19 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-4514-1Published: 23 February 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IV, 240
Additional Information: Reprinted from Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Vol. 10, No. 3
Topics: Environmental Management, Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice, Climate Change Management and Policy, Environment, general, Climate Change, Earth Sciences, general