Overview
- Closely examines the concepts of disasters and sustainable economic development as they are applied around the world
- Sheds light on how communities can boost their ability to respond to and recover from disasters
- Provides guidelines that are broadly applicable to a variety of circumstances, disasters and geographic regions
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Environmental Hazards (ENHA)
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Risk Reduction and Policy Learning
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Disaster Resilience and Capacity Building
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“Naim Kapucu and Kuotsai Tom Liou’s Disaster and Development: Examining Global Issues and Cases is a welcome addition to a growing body of literature exploring practices in emergency management worldwide. … The volume is ideal for advanced courses in emergency management and disaster studies or as a reference on the diversity of international approaches to recent disasters.” (Jessica Bonnan-White, Natural Hazards Observer, Vol. XXXIX (3), January, 2015)Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Disaster and Development
Book Subtitle: Examining Global Issues and Cases
Editors: Naim Kapucu, Kuotsai Tom Liou
Series Title: Environmental Hazards
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04468-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-04467-5Published: 28 April 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35665-5Published: 03 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-04468-2Published: 11 April 2014
Series ISSN: 2542-9787
Series E-ISSN: 2542-9795
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 469
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour
Topics: Natural Hazards, Environmental Management, Sustainable Development