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World Atlas of Natural Disaster Risk

By Peijun Shi , Roger Kasperson (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2015
ISBN
978-3-662-45429-9, 978-3-662-45430-5
DOI
10.1007/978-3-662-45430-5
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
72 MB (74983882 bytes)
Series
IHDP/Future Earth-Integrated Risk Governance Project Series
Edition
1
Pages
368\381
Topic
Business Management
Time added
2015-04-23 16:00:00
Natural Hazards; Earth System Sciences

Description

This is the first English-language atlas to systematically introduce the environment, hazard, vulnerability and risk mapping for 11 natural disasters, i.e. earthquake, volcano, landslide, flood, storm surge, sand-dust storm, tropical cyclone, heat wave, cold wave, drought and wildfire, and risk mapping for multi-hazard disaster in the world. The above 11 hazards are assessed and mapped at grid unit, comparable-geographic unit and national unit, and the multi-hazard is assessed and mapped at grid unit and national unit. The expected annual mortality and/or affected population risks and expected annual economic loss and/or affected property risk of 11 hazards and multi-hazard of the world at national level are unprecedentedly derived and ranked. The atlas can be a good reference for researchers and students in the field of natural disaster risk management and risk governance, and enterpriser and risk manager as well to understand the global natural disaster risk. Prof. Peijun Shi works at Beijing Normal University, China; Prof. Roger Kasperson works at Clark University, USA.

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