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Author : Association of West European Parliamentarians for Action Against Apartheid
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Economic assistance
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081954351
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Africa
ISBN : UOM:39015056236832
Author : World Bank,United Nations
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780821381410
This book examines how to ensure that the preventive measures are worthwhile and effective, and how people can make decisions individually and collectively at different levels of government.
Author : Alik Ismail-Zadeh,Jaime Urrutia Fucugauchi,Andrzej Kijko,Kuniyoshi Takeuchi,Ilya Zaliapin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781107033863
A unique interdisciplinary approach to disaster risk research, including global hazards and case-studies, for researchers, graduate students and professionals.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Africa
ISBN : UOM:39015065230594
Author : New York Public Library. Research Libraries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Business
ISBN : STANFORD:36105026193073
Author : Yuval Neria,Sandro Galea,Fran H. Norris
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780521883870
A reference on mental health and disasters, focused on the full spectrum of psychopathologies associated with many different types of disasters.
Author : Stephane Hallegatte,Adrien Vogt-Schilb,Mook Bangalore,Julie Rozenberg
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781464810046
'Economic losses from natural disasters totaled $92 billion in 2015.' Such statements, all too commonplace, assess the severity of disasters by no other measure than the damage inflicted on buildings, infrastructure, and agricultural production. But $1 in losses does not mean the same thing to a rich person that it does to a poor person; the gravity of a $92 billion loss depends on who experiences it. By focusing on aggregate losses—the traditional approach to disaster risk—we restrict our consideration to how disasters affect those wealthy enough to have assets to lose in the first place, and largely ignore the plight of poor people. This report moves beyond asset and production losses and shifts its attention to how natural disasters affect people’s well-being. Disasters are far greater threats to well-being than traditional estimates suggest. This approach provides a more nuanced view of natural disasters than usual reporting, and a perspective that takes fuller account of poor people’s vulnerabilities. Poor people suffer only a fraction of economic losses caused by disasters, but they bear the brunt of their consequences. Understanding the disproportionate vulnerability of poor people also makes the case for setting new intervention priorities to lessen the impact of natural disasters on the world’s poor, such as expanding financial inclusion, disaster risk and health insurance, social protection and adaptive safety nets, contingent finance and reserve funds, and universal access to early warning systems. Efforts to reduce disaster risk and poverty go hand in hand. Because disasters impoverish so many, disaster risk management is inseparable from poverty reduction policy, and vice versa. As climate change magnifies natural hazards, and because protection infrastructure alone cannot eliminate risk, a more resilient population has never been more critical to breaking the cycle of disaster-induced poverty.
Author : Lewis Wolpert
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780571317387
This book shows that many of our understandings about scientific thought can be corrected once we realise just how "unnatural" science actually is. Quoting scientists from Aristotle to Einstein, the author argues that scientific ideas are, with rare exceptions, counter-intuitive and that common sense often makes no sense at all. A passionate advocate of the beauty and importance of science, the author examines a range of issues, including why science and technology are quite different, why psychoanalysis is not properly scientific and why philosophers and sociologists have made so little contribution to understanding science's true nature. He demonstrates the folly of holding scientists responsible for many of society's problems, and the equal folly of looking to science for a miracle cure.
Author : International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
Publisher : International Strategy Disaster Reductn
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Disaster relief
ISBN : OSU:32435072911654
This publication (published in 2 volumes, not sold separately by TSO) is intended for people who have an interest in and practice disaster risk management and sustainable development. It provides guidance, policy orientation and inspiration, as well as serving as a reference for lessons on how to reduce risk and vulnerability to hazards and to meet the challenges of tomorrow. It consists of (vol. 1) the report, including case studies; and (vol. 2) annexes, for example, a glossary of specialized terminology , and a directory of international, regional, national and specialized organizations (vol. 2). It replaces the preliminary version which was released in July 2002 (not available from TSO).
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789251340714
On top of a decade of exacerbated disaster loss, exceptional global heat, retreating ice and rising sea levels, humanity and our food security face a range of new and unprecedented hazards, such as megafires, extreme weather events, desert locust swarms of magnitudes previously unseen, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Agriculture underpins the livelihoods of over 2.5 billion people – most of them in low-income developing countries – and remains a key driver of development. At no other point in history has agriculture been faced with such an array of familiar and unfamiliar risks, interacting in a hyperconnected world and a precipitously changing landscape. And agriculture continues to absorb a disproportionate share of the damage and loss wrought by disasters. Their growing frequency and intensity, along with the systemic nature of risk, are upending people’s lives, devastating livelihoods, and jeopardizing our entire food system. This report makes a powerful case for investing in resilience and disaster risk reduction – especially data gathering and analysis for evidence informed action – to ensure agriculture’s crucial role in achieving the future we want.
Author : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1807 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781009178464
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for assessing the science related to climate change. It provides policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of human-induced climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation. This IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate is the most comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the observed and projected changes to the ocean and cryosphere and their associated impacts and risks, with a focus on resilience, risk management response options, and adaptation measures, considering both their potential and limitations. It brings together knowledge on physical and biogeochemical changes, the interplay with ecosystem changes, and the implications for human communities. It serves policymakers, decision makers, stakeholders, and all interested parties with unbiased, up-to-date, policy-relevant information. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : UOM:39015049114450
Author : Juha I. Uitto,Rajib Shaw
Publisher : Springer
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9784431550785
This book focuses on exploring the linkages between natural disasters and sustainable development at the global, regional, and national levels. Disasters and development are closely related, yet the disciplinary silos prevail and there is little communication and cooperation between the disaster management, environment, and development communities. One catastrophic event, such as an earthquake, tsunami, or cyclone, can destroy infrastructure, people’s lives and livelihoods, and set back development. Similarly, slow onset disasters—often associated with global climate change—pose threats to development, livelihoods, food security, and long-term sustainable development. This book is uniquely aimed at bridging the gaps between the environmental, development, and disaster management communities. It traces the evolution of concepts and practice and highlights the linkages between natural disasters and sustainable development in key sectors, including food security, health, and water. The book includes case studies from the field highlighting the complex issues that challenge sustainable development and disaster risk management in practice. It draws policy conclusions for the global community based on state-of-the art knowledge from research and practice. The primary target groups for the book are researchers, including graduate students, in the fields of environment and sustainable development, geography, disaster risk reduction, and climate change studies. The second target group comprises practitioners and policymakers working in national and international organizations, the private sector, and civil society.
Author : Charlotte Benson,Edward J. Clay
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0821356852