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Tarlow, Peter E.
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658.456 TAR
Publication Date
2002
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Jablonowski, Mark, 1955-
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658.155 JAB
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2006
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Paleo, Urbano Fra.
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720 22
Publication Date
2009
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A collection of essays that discusses the directions and key components of risk governance. It also includes the analysis of proactive approaches to the governance of risk from natural hazards, and approaches to broaden the scope of public policies related to the management of risks from natural hazards.
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Haddow, George D.
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363.3480973 22
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2008
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Verchick, Robert R. M.
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363.340973 22
Publication Date
2010
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"In this bold contribution to environmental law, Robert Verchick argues for a new perspective on disaster law that is based on the principles of environmental protection. His prescription boils down to three simple commands: Go Green, Be Fair, and Keep Safe. Going green means minimizing exposure to hazards by preserving natural buffers and integrating those buffers into artificial systems like levees or seawalls. Being fair means looking after public health, safety, and the environment without increasing personal and social vulnerabilities. Keeping safe means a more cautionary approach when confronting disaster risks". --Publisher.
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Dixon, Timothy H., author.
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363.347 23
Publication Date
2017
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An eye-opening account exploring common themes between major disasters and providing important lessons for successful natural hazard mitigation.
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Paton, Douglas.
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363.3472 23
Publication Date
2013
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Despite the evident advantages that being prepared for natural life-threatening events confers on people and communities, research has consistently found that individual, community, and business preparedness levels are low. This book examines why this is so and identifies what can be done to expedite the development of sustained preparedness, at household, community, and societal levels. The text emphasizes the need for this aspect of social risk management to be based on engagement principles: how people engage with their natural environment, how they engage with each other, and how people an.
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Shaw, Rajib.
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363.7 23
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2012
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Disaster management has historically focused on reactive approaches, but a shift to proactive approaches is crucial for addressing concerns raised by the changing environment. A prime reason for the absence of proactive approaches in disaster/hazard management is the uncertainty or ambiguity present in the links between the environment and the hazards. This is the first book to focus on explicit linkages between the changing environment and disasters and suggests better approaches towards disaster management. A ready-reference for field practitioners it combines academic research and field practices and covers areas such as: elements of environmental entry (water-related disasters, desertification and land degradation, typhoon risk management, catastrophic flood and forest management, and coastal issues); impacts of environment and disaster (livelihoods impacts, human health: post-disaster waste management); and strategies, planning and the way forward (climate change adaptation as a planning tool, urban planning and land use planning, mangrove management as a coastal planning tool, and environment disaster education and risk communication).
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McCrackan, Andrew.
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658.4056 22
Publication Date
2005
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Here's a groundbreaking book that offers you a powerful new methodology for business continuity management - an approach designed to bind and enhance risk management, disaster prevention, and disaster recovery efforts to an optimum level of efficiency. This unique resource features a start-to-finish quantitative framework to assess, improve, and benchmark your organization's business continuity capabilities in response to potential terrorist acts, hackers, natural disasters, and other business-threatening events or errors. The book's seven-level capability model guides you through every step i.
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Shaw, Rajib.
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363.34 22
Publication Date
2011
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Education is the key to risk reduction, be it environmental management or disaster risk reduction, and is a process which needs to be embedded at different levels of management and practices to collectively reduce the risk. While school education forms the foundations of the knowledge cycle, for effective knowledge use, it is necessary to link school and community education. Education is linked to enhanced awareness and a key reflection of education is seen in terms of actions. Divided into four sections this book begins with an informative introduction to the subject of disaster risk reduction education and proceeds to highlight key places of education such as family, community, school, and higher education. It then examines approaches, methods and tools before providing a future perspective and pointing to the way ahead. This is the first book of its kind on disaster risk reduction education. A ready reference for practitioners in the field this book describes and demonstrates different aspects of education in an easy-to-understand form with current academic research and practical field experiences included throughout.
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Veenema, Tener Goodwin.
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616.025 23
Publication Date
2012
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In this third edition Dr. Veenema continues her mission to help our nation's nurses develop the knowledge and skills needed to efficiently and effectively respond to disasters. Many times nurses assume that they aren't emergency responders, so they don't need to understand how the system works. When a disaster strikes a community-whether it's a bus accident, a tornado, a hurricane or terrorist attack-nurses will be on the front lines helping those who are in need. To protect themselves, their families and their communities, nurses need to understand the principles and content of this comprehensive textbook.
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