TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tobin,Graham A.
AU  - Montz,Burrell E.
TI  - Evolving approaches to understanding natural hazards
SN  - 9781443883870
AV  - GB5014 .E86 2015
U1  - 363.346 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Newcastle-upon-Tyne
PB  - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
KW  - Hazard mitigation
KW  - Natural disasters
KW  - Risk assessment
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Literature & literary studies
KW  - Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
KW  - Infrastructure
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - General
KW  - fast
KW  - Mathematical models
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index
N2  - 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
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