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Geohazards and Disaster Risk Reduction

Multidisciplinary and Integrated Approaches

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Editors:
  1. Sebastiano D'Amico

    1. Department of Geosciences, University of Malta, Msida, Malta

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  2. Francesco De Pascale

    1. Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures and Modern Cultures, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

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  • Introduces risk prevention and institutional preparedness
  • Presents new technologies to study geohazards
  • Contains information about communication and social perception

Part of the book series: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research (NTHR, volume 51)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Geohazards and Disaster Prevention: Approaches and Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Social Vulnerability and Geohazards: Review and Implications

      • Boo Hyun Nam, Shinwoo Choi, Timothy Copeland, Yong Je Kim
      Pages 3-37

    3. Representations of Catastrophe Victims in Journalistic Narration: L’Aquila Earthquake of 2009

      • Marianna Boero
      Pages 39-48

    4. Perception of the Self-Exposure to Geohazards in the Italian Coastal Population of the Adriatic Basin

      • Cristina Casareale, Eleonora Gioia, Alessandra Colocci, Noemi Marchetti, Fausto Marincioni
      Pages 49-71

    5. Urban Transformation, Collective Memory, and Disaster Preparedness: A Case from Turkey

      • Fahri Çaki, Alper Uzun
      Pages 73-88

    6. Perceptions and Practices of Disaster Governance in Countries with Long History of Centralized Administration: A Case Study of Balikesir Municipalities, Turkey

      • Fahri Çakı, Alper Uzun
      Pages 89-114

    7. Reducing the Risk from Asbestos in the Built Environment During Natural Hazard Events

      • Charles Kelly, David Hodgkin
      Pages 115-132

  3. Climate Change Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. Communicating Weather Risk in the Twenty-First Century: Approaches Using Video Games and Virtual Reality

      • Jase Bernhardt
      Pages 135-145

    3. Assessing Coastal Flood Impact on Buildings: A Climate Change Perspective from the Developing Nation

      • N. Aishwarya, H. A. Bharath, D. Sutapa
      Pages 147-164

    4. Coping with Disasters: What Place Names Can Tell Us About Anthropocene and Climate Change

      • Elisabetta Dall’Ò
      Pages 165-180

    5. Climate Change and the Rising Disaster Risk in Africa

      • Gatkuoth Kai Bol, Dewald van Niekerk
      Pages 181-210

    6. Water and Geohazards in Lower Casamance: Risk Perception and Prevention Strategies of the Populations in the Baïla Marigot Basin (Casamance, Senegal)

      • Cheikh Faye, Cheikh Abdou Aziz Sy Sadio
      Pages 211-231

    7. The Risk of Marine Erosion in Tunisian Beaches: A Retrospective Reading for a Prospective Vision

      • Ameur Oueslati
      Pages 233-267

    8. African Indigenous Understanding of Climate Change and Disaster Risk Nexus

      • Gatkuoth Kai Bol, Dewald van Niekerk
      Pages 269-289

  4. Resilience and Disaster Preparedness

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 291-291
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    2. Building Resilience in Times of New Global Challenges: A Focus on Six Main Attributes

      • Maurizio Indirli, Ruben Paul Borg, Antonio Formisano, Lucia Martinelli, Anna Marzo, Francesco Romagnoli et al.
      Pages 293-319

    3. Community Resilience Through Recovery: Capacity Building and Sustainability

      • Zhila Pooyan, Akihiko Hokugo
      Pages 321-344

    4. Community Resilience Through Local Action: AKAH’s Winter Preparedness and Avalanche Readiness Programme

      • Deo Raj Gurung, Rukhshona Saratbekova, Sayed Ahmad Sahim, Khwaja Momin Walizada, Sher Wali, Deedar Karim et al.
      Pages 345-363
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About this book

This book provides a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach to addressing geohazards, with topics such as social vulnerability reduction, risk prevention, institutional preparedness, and community resilience. It also introduces new technologies to study geohazards, which is important since geohazards have caused many casualties, economic losses, and damage to cultural heritage throughout human history. Despite this, the culture of risk prevention is not yet widespread, so Disaster Risk Reduction activities must focus on increasing capacities, strategies, and action plans for prevention and preparedness in local communities.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geosciences, University of Malta, Msida, Malta

    Sebastiano D'Amico

  • Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures and Modern Cultures, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

    Francesco De Pascale

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