Natural Hazards and Risks within Disaster Management
Concepts, Applications, and Future Trends
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Beschreibung
How can we better understand, assess, and manage the risks posed by natural hazards in a rapidly changing world? This open access book provides clear answers by combining scientific knowledge with practical experience in disaster risk management. It equips readers with tools to identify and evaluate risks, introduces innovative approaches such as impact chains, and demonstrates how institutions and communities can strengthen their resilience.
Covering a broad range of hazards – from floods and storms to earthquakes and landslides – the chapters present both established methods and emerging trends. Special attention is given to socio-economic and psycho-social dimensions, acknowledging that disasters impact people not only physically but also socially and emotionally. International and European frameworks, including the Sendai Framework and the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, are explored as models for effective, coordinated action.
By bridging research, policy, and practice, the book offers clear explanations, case examples, and forward-looking perspectives. Readers gain a structured understanding of evolving risks, their underlying drivers, and strategies for adaptation in the face of climate change, technological transformation, and growing vulnerabilities.
Designed as a concise yet comprehensive reference, this volume is an essential resource for students, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers seeking actionable insights and a future-oriented approach to disaster risk management.
How can we better understand, assess, and manage the risks posed by natural hazards in a rapidly changing world? This open access book provides clear answers by combining scientific knowledge with practical experience in disaster risk management. It equips readers with tools to identify and evaluate risks, introduces innovative approaches such as impact chains, and demonstrates how institutions and communities can strengthen their resilience.
Covering a broad range of hazards – from floods and storms to earthquakes and landslides – the chapters present both established methods and emerging trends. Special attention is given to socio-economic and psycho-social dimensions, acknowledging that disasters impact people not only physically but also socially and emotionally. International and European frameworks, including the Sendai Framework and the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, are explored as models for effective, coordinated action.
By bridging research, policy, and practice, the book offers clear explanations, case examples, and forward-looking perspectives. Readers gain a structured understanding of evolving risks, their underlying drivers, and strategies for adaptation in the face of climate change, technological transformation, and growing vulnerabilities.
Designed as a concise yet comprehensive reference, this volume is an essential resource for students, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers seeking actionable insights and a future-oriented approach to disaster risk management.
This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access Guides readers from core concepts to advanced tools like impact chains for future-oriented risk management Covers geophysical, socio-economic, and institutional aspects to apply disaster knowledge across all scales Links global frameworks like Sendai and UNDRR with key European systems for practical disaster management
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Thomas Glade
Themen in »Natural Hazards and Risks within Disaster Management«
Open Access Natural hazard risk management strategies Multi-hazard risk assessments Disaster risk reduction frameworks Disaster risk governance and policy Socio-economic disaster risk factors limate change and disaster risk Disaster-prone areas Integrated disaster risk solutions