Local disaster risk management in a changing climate : perspective from Central America
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Bibliographic Information
Local disaster risk management in a changing climate : perspective from Central America
(Community, environment and disaster risk management, v. 17)
Emerald, 2014
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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"Emerald books"--Cover
Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-192)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
"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."
Table of Contents
Copyright page.
Local Disaster Risk Management in a Changing Climate: Perspective from Central America.
Local Disaster Risk Management in a Changing Climate: Perspective from Central America.
Abbreviations.
Preface.
About the Authors.
References.
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.
Brief introduction of the series.
Brief introduction of the volume.
List of Figures.
List of Tables.
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