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Recent catastrophic events, such as the I-35W bridge collapse, New Orleans flooding, the BP oil spill, Port au Prince's destruction by earthquake, Fukushima nuclear plant's devastation by tsunami, the Wall Street investment bank failures, and the housing foreclosure epidemic and the collapse of...
To Be Published August 22nd 2012 by Routledge
Series: The Earthscan Risk in Society Series
Through its exploration of the spatial dimensions of risk, this book offers a brand new approach to theorizing risk, and significant improvements in how to manage, tolerate and take risks. A broad range of risks are examined, including natural hazards, climate change, political violence, and...
To Be Published October 31st 2012 by Routledge
The much expanded sixth edition of Environmental Hazards provides a fully up-to-date overview of all the extreme events that threaten people and what they value in the 21st century. It integrates cutting-edge material from the physical and social sciences to illustrate how natural and human systems...
To Be Published November 28th 2012 by Routledge
Climate change is the single largest threat to the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and sustainable development. Addressing climate risk is a challenge for all. This book calls for greater collaboration between climate communities and disaster development communities. In...
To Be Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge
Recent years have shown that all manner of disasters have become increasingly damaging, dangerous and complex. Recent examples include the 2004 South Asian tsunami, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the Nargis cyclone 2008, the Sichuan earthquake of 2008, the Pakistan floods in 2010 and the recent Japan...
To Be Published November 30th 2012 by CRC Press
Series: Urban Water Series
Pluvial flooding is defined as flooding that results from rainfall-generated overland flow, before the runoff enters any watercourse or sewer. It is usually associated with high intensity rainfall events (typically >30mm/h) but can also occur with lower intensity rainfall or melting snow...
To Be Published November 30th 2012 by CRC Press
Series: Routledge Research in Public Administration and Public Policy
Natural disasters in recent years have brought the study of disaster resiliency to the forefront. The importance of community preparedness and sustainability has been underscored by such calamities as Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the Japanese tsunami in 2011. Natural disasters will inevitably...
To Be Published November 30th 2012 by Routledge
Resilience is currently infusing policy debates and public discourses, widely promoted as a normative goal in fields as diverse as the economy, national security, personal development and well-being. Resilience thinking provides a framework for understanding dynamics of complex, inter-connected...
To Be Published January 17th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society
Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Daiichi is a timely and groundbreaking account of the disturbing landscape of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown amidst an earthquake and tsunami on Japan’s NE coastline. In providing riveting insights into its background and the disaster management...
To Be Published February 28th 2013 by Routledge
Series: The Earthscan Risk in Society Series
This book draws on the experience of leading risk researchers and practitioners to examine risk communication in research and in practice and to explore how to make it more effective in future. Beginning with reflections on the evolution of risk communication, the book presents the seminal papers...
To Be Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
