9,948円 Building resilience to the world’s increasingly damaging environmental hazards has become a priority. This book considers the scientific advances which have been made around the world to enhance this resilience. Although resilience is not new, it is through the idea of resilience that governments...

9,948円 The concept of risk in global life has not been fully understood and explored and this book attempts to examine what it entails in the fast changing, interconnected and complex world. As a foundational component of safety systems, risk has been considered relatively simple, predictable, and there...

9,948円 Financial schemes for flood recovery, if properly designed and implemented, might increase flood resilience. However, options for the increase of flood resilience during the recovery phase are to a large extent overlooked and the diversity of existing schemes shows that there has been a lack of c...

4,244円 In 1988, forest fires raged in Yellowstone National Park, destroying more than a million acres. As the nation watched the land around Old Faithful burn, a longstanding conflict over fire management reached a fever pitch. Should the U.S. Park and Forest Services suppress fires immediately or allow...

4,376円 In the early months of 2020, the world’s attention was riveted on Australia, where the nation’s iconic wildlife fought for survival in the face of unprecedented wildfires. Images of koalas drinking from firefighters’ water bottles went viral and became the global face of a catastrophe that would ...

3,846円 When houses are flattened, towns submerged, and people stranded without electricity or even food, we attribute the suffering to “natural disasters” or “acts of God.” But what if they’re neither? What if we, as a society, are bringing these catastrophes on ourselves? That’s the provocative theory ...

3,979円 **"Frightening...Firestorm comes alive when Struzik discusses the work of offbeat scientists." ーNew York Times Book Review "Comprehensive and compelling." ーBooklist** "A powerful message." ーKirkus "Should be required reading." ーLibrary Journal For two months in the spring of 2016, the world w...

3,317円 Based on interviews with over two hundred wildfire evacuees from seven First Nations, this book provides invaluable guidance on how Indigenous communities and external agencies can best prepare for the different stages of a wildfire evacuation. Packed with stories, checklists, and guiding questio...

10,938円 This book aims, through its chapters, at providing the knowledge to make competent decisions, convince peers or top management to take appropriate action, or beat out the competition for climate adaptation measures including adjustments for design and operations. Topics discussed include business...

17,016円 This book is part of a six-volume series on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience. The series aims to fill in gaps in theory and practice in the Sendai Framework, and provides additional resources, methodologies and communication strategies to enhance the plan for action and targets proposed by ...

450円 Issues mankind faces today are global warming, climate change, widespread pollution of natural elements, environmental degradation and resource depletion. Environment protection does not suffer from the dearth of scientific data or the absence of laws and regulations on the subject. What is absen...

150円 Mengenal Aneka Ragam Jenis Tanaman Pepohonan Pencegah & Penghalau Gelombang Tsunami Di Daerah Kawasan Pesisir Pantai Edisi Bahasa Indonesia Versi Ebook Jenis tanaman yang dapat meredam gelombang tsunami jika ditanam di daerah pantai umumnya adalah tanaman yang sering dijumpai di pantai. Tanaman t...