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The book provides an understanding about the disaster impacts, vulnerability assessment, adaptation pathways and mitigation for strengthening the resilience of the society to various hazards. Multi- dimensionality of disasters is depicted by various approaches and...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-09-23
Collection :
Springer Natural Hazards
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The impact of natural disasters has become an important and ever-growing preoccupation for modern societies. Volcanic eruptions are particularly feared due to their devastating local, regional or global effects. Relevant scientific expertise that aims to evaluate the...
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Wiley-ISTE
Parution :
2022-09-09
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As the population is growing and urbanization is progressing, higher numbers of people are exposed to disaster risks, especially in the developing countries. Climate change is further worsening the impacts of existing risks and introducing new ones. It is imperative...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-09-01
Collection :
Disaster Risk Reduction
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The impact of natural disasters has become an important and ever-growing preoccupation for modern societies. Volcanic eruptions are particularly feared due to their devastating local, regional or global effects. Relevant scientific expertise that aims to evaluate the...
Editeur :
Wiley-ISTE
Parution :
2022-08-29
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This book deals with natural hazards of geophysical, meteorological, hydrological, and biological types that are causing increasing social and economic damage. The development of these hazards and their impact on the living and non-living environment are described in...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-08-18
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In April 2016, a series of earthquakes hit the Kumamoto area of Kyushu Island, southwest Japan. The Mj 7.3 (Mw 7.0) mainshock produced extensive and complex surface ruptures in and around the active Futagawa-Hinagu fault zone, including primary right-lateral faulting,...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-08-06
Collection :
Advances in Geological Science
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The management of data to understand complex and interwoven processes of sustainable development has been a great challenge for researchers, planners, and decision makers. Remote sensing and GIS-based policy decision support systems not only help them to solve spatially...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-04-24
Collection :
Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences
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This book highlights the basic information about lightning. It is an unpredictable disaster, and it is an extremely complex electrical discharge phenomenon. A complete theory of lightning does not exist till now.This book elaborates on the basic formation of lightning,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2022-04-21
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
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This book presents the kinematic earthquake rupture studies from moment tenor to spatial-temporal rupture imaging. For real-time seismic hazard monitoring, the new stable automatic moment tensor (AutoBATS) algorithm is developed and implemented for the real-time MT...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-09-27
Collection :
Springer Theses
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This book explains to governments, decision makers and disaster professionals the potential uses of recent technologies for disaster monitoring and risk reduction based on the knowledge and experience of prominent experts/researchers in the relevant fields. It discusses...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-08-21
Collection :
Earth and Environmental Sciences Library
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This book highlights the essential theoretical and practical aspects of lightning, lightning protection, safety and education. Additionally, several auxiliary topics that are required to understand the core themes are also included. The main objective of the contents is...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-08-13
Collection :
Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
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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...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-06-14
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Recurring extreme events of nature challenge disaster-prone settlements in complex ways. Devastating property damages are one of the tests of survival for such settlements in both economic and social terms. It also provides unique opportunities to rethink the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-05-31
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This book is a part of ICL new book series “ICL Contribution to Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction” founded in 2019. Peer-reviewed papers submitted to the Fifth World Landslide Forum were published in six volumes of this book series.This book contains the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-12-22
Collection :
ICL Contribution to Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction
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This book is a part of ICL new book series “ICL Contribution to Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction” founded in 2019. Peer-reviewed papers submitted to the Fifth World Landslide Forum were published in six volumes of this book series.This book contains the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-12-22
Collection :
ICL Contribution to Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction
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This book is a part of ICL new book series “ICL Contribution to Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction” founded in 2019. Peer-reviewed papers submitted to the Fifth World Landslide Forum were published in six volumes of this book series.This book contains the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-12-21
Collection :
ICL Contribution to Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction
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This book is a part of ICL new book series “ICL Contribution to Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction” founded in 2019. Peer-reviewed papers submitted to the Fifth World Landslide Forum were published in six volumes of this book series.This book contains the followings:Part...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-12-21
Collection :
ICL Contribution to Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction
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This book is a part of ICL new book series “ICL Contribution to Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction” founded in 2019. Peer-reviewed papers submitted to the Fifth World Landslide Forum were published in six volumes of this book series.This book contains the following...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-12-20
Collection :
ICL Contribution to Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction
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This book focuses on mathematical theory and numerical simulation related to various areas of continuum mechanics, such as fracture mechanics, (visco)elasticity, optimal shape design, modelling of earthquakes and Tsunami waves, material structure, interface dynamics and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-08-29
Collection :
Mathematics for Industry
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This book summarizes the research being pursued as part of the Erasmus+ CBHE KA2 project entitled "Development of master curricula for natural disasters risk management in Western Balkan countries” (NatRisk), which aims to educate experts on the prevention and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-03-12
Collection :
Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering
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