Evolving approaches to understanding natural hazards / 
edited by Graham A. Tobin and Burrell E. Montz. 
 - 1 online resource (515 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 
<br/><br/> The 21st century presents many challenges to the hazard manager; dynamic climatic conditions combined with population growth, rapid urbanization, and changing socio-economic relationships are reshaping disaster impacts, community responses, and social safety mechanisms. Indeed, human vulnerability is constantly restructured by the ongoing interplay of physical, social, economic, and political forces. At the same time, reducing vulnerability and enhancing community resilience require policies aimed at mitigating the consequences of disasters as they affect different locations and different grou. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781443883870 1443883875 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>9781443883870  Cambridge Scholars Publishing 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB6I2606  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>017941065  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Hazard mitigation.<br/>Natural disasters--Risk assessment.<br/>Natural disasters.<br/>Literature & literary studies.<br/>Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning.<br/>BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Infrastructure.<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.<br/>Hazard mitigation.<br/>Natural disasters--Mathematical models.<br/>Natural disasters--Risk assessment.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GB5014  / .E86 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>363.346