24,309円 This richly illustrated book describes statistical extreme value theory for the quantification of natural hazards, such as strong winds, floods and rainfall, and discusses an interdisciplinary approach to allow the theoretical methods to be applied. The approach consists of a number of steps: dat...

9,948円 This book presents an original interdisciplinary approach to the study of the so-called ‘recovery phase’ in disaster management, centred on the notion of repairing. The volume advances thinking on disaster recovery that goes beyond institutional and managerial challenges, descriptions and analyse...

1,542円 哪一家台灣媒體最關注全球暖化新聞？ 除了取自國外編譯稿，台灣媒體的氣候變遷新聞如何產製？ 社群及影音媒體的按讚、評論、分享， 會對災難新聞的關注帶來什麼影響？ 當極端氣候、地球暖化、氣候變遷、聖嬰現象、溫室效應、氣溫上升、節能減碳等新聞關鍵詞成為日常，每位世界公民都應該自問：「我可以採取什麼行動」？...

1,350円 Vulnerable countries and communities are living with the reality that despite the catastrophes of the past and present, the worst is yet to come. But there is hope! We have the power to respond and make positive changes. Building Rock-Solid Resilience to Natural Hazards is designed to help us to ...

4,807円 Part of a mini series of Focus books on COVID-19 in Malaysia, the chapters in this book address the pandemic’s impacts on education and literacy. Covering a range of teaching and learning challenges impacting learners and teachers, the contributors highlight the pervasiveness of the pandemic on M...

500円 ー¿Qué hace un tesoro en la cima del Nevado de Toluca? ーLa historia del misil radioactivo norteamericano que dio origen a la Zona del Silencio ーLos fantasmas más conocidos de México, y quiénes fueron en realidad ー¿Dónde quedó el tesoro de Moctezuma? ーFraudes famosos Con actitud crítica, pero ...

13,369円 This book summarizes the achievements and experience of the Yangtze River rehabilitation and protection, analyzes the new situation and requirements of the Yangtze River rehabilitation and protection, and discusses the main issues and their solution alternatives for the Yangtze River rehabilitati...

27,955円 This book presents the select proceedings of the Virtual Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (VCDRR 2021). It provides insights on urban resilience and sustainable infrastructure. All the chapters in this volume are segregated into five clusters, e.g., Resilient infrastructure in construction, ...

12,154円 This book is of paramount importance in the fields of engineering and applied sciences, given that through the values obtained by these procedures, many structures, like spillways of dams and highway culverts, are designed and constructed. The main aim of this book is to provide procedures for im...

14,989円 Wildland fires have an irreplaceable role in sustaining many of our forests, shrublands and grasslands. They can be used as controlled burns or occur as free-burning wildfires, and can sometimes be dangerous and destructive to fauna, human communities and natural resources. Through scientific und...

9,948円 This book is devoted to the Anthropocene, the period of unprecedented human impacts on Earth’s environmental systems, and illustrates how Geographers envision the concept of the Anthropocene. This edited volume illustrates that geographers have a diverse perspective on what the Anthropocene is an...

19,447円 This edited volume dedicated to late Prof. P.S. Saklani addresses the multidisciplinary themes pertaining to role of tectonism and magmatism in Crustal Evolution and global distribution of metallic and non metallic mineral deposits. It gives valuable information on geodynamic evolution, structura...