| Description |
1 online resource (217 pages) : illustrations, tables |
| Series |
Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management, 2040-7262 ; Volume 17 |
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Community, environment and disaster risk management ; Volume 17.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Local disaster risk management in Central America -- Incorporating climate hazards into national disaster risk management -- Incorporating climate hazards into local development planning -- Elements for sustainable community-based disaster risk management -- Climate change perception and local risk awareness for sustainable community-based disaster risk management -- Factors for enhancing local DRM capacity -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
Disasters cause economic as well as human losses. Indeed, economic losses associated directly with disasters have continued at increasing proportions worldwide since the 1970s, as the 2011 Global assessment report on disaster risk reduction conducted by the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) illustrates. Disaster losses due to single geological events sometimes appear much greater in magnitude than those attributed to climate-related disasters. Nonetheless, the overall trend for increasing loss can largely be attributed to the increase in climate-related disasters, which in turn is triggered in part by global climate change. Furthermore, as such disasters increase in frequency, it intensifies vulnerability in the poorest regions of developing countries. In this book, the authors discuss effective approaches to enhancing the local disaster risk management (DRM) capacity of developing countries to combat increasing climate-related disaster impacts. Also provided are ideas and lessons on local disaster risk management, in terms of planning and practice in developing countries, with particular focus on a case study in Costa Rica |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 16, 2014) |
| Subject |
Environmental degradation.
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Environmental protection.
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Global warming.
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Global Warming
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environmental protection.
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global warming.
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Management of land & natural resources.
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Natural disasters.
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Social impact of environmental issues.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Environmental degradation
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Environmental protection
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Global warming
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Shaw, Rajib, author.
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| ISBN |
9781783509362 |
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1783509368 |
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178350935X |
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9781783509355 |
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