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Klimawandel in Deutschland : Entwicklung, Folgen, Risiken und Perspektiven

Brasseur, Guy (ed.); Jacob, Daniela (ed.); … - 2017

Klappentext: Erstmals trägt dieses nationale Assessment den Forschungsstand zum Klimawandel umfassend für alle … wissenschaftlich begutachtet. Klimawandel in Deutschland ist die erste Gesamtschau zu dem Themenkomplex, benennt offene Fragestellungen … und liefert eine Grundlage für Entscheidungen im Zusammenhang mit dem Klimawandel. Deutschland reiht sich damit ein in die …

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Realising the 'Triple Dividend of Resilience' : A New Business Case for Disaster Risk Management

Surminski, Swenja (ed.); Tanner, Thomas (ed.) - 2016

Why aren’t we investing more in disaster resilience, despite the rising costs of disaster events? This book argues that decision-makers in governments, businesses, households, and development agencies tend to focus on avoiding losses from disasters, and perceive the return on investment as...

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The Economics of the Global Environment : Catastrophic Risks in Theory and Policy

Chichilnisky, Graciela (ed.); Rezai, Armon (ed.) - 2016

This is the first book combining research on the Global Environment, Catastrophic Risks and Economic Theory and Policy. Modern economic theory originated in the middle of the twentieth century when industrial expansion coupled with population growth led to a voracious use of natural resources...

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Climate Change and Health : Improving Resilience and Reducing Risks

Leal Filho, Walter (ed.); Azeiteiro, Ulisses M. (ed.); … - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016

Preface -- Part I: Human Health and Climate Change -- Part II: Climate Change and Infectious Diseases -- Part III: Climate Change and Health: Education, Training and Governance -- Part IV: Climate Change and Health Across Regions.

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Strategic Disaster Risk Management in Asia

Ha, Huong (ed.); Fernando, R. Lalitha S. (ed.); … - 2015

Chapter 1. Strategic Disaster Management in Asia: An Introduction -- Chapter 2. Diaster Management in the Five Year Plans of Bangladesh: An Assessment -- Chapter 3. Politico-Administrative Response to the Diastrous Impact of Hydro Power on Nature and People: A Case Study -- Chapter 4. Disability...

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Climate Change Adaptation, Resilience and Hazards

Leal Filho, Walter (ed.); Musa, Haruna (ed.); … - 2016

This book analyses the links between climate change adaptation, resilience and the impacts of hazards. The contributors cover topics such as climate change adaptation in coastal zones, the evaluation of community land models, climate change considerations in public health and water resource...

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Natural Disasters and Climate Change : An Economic Perspective

Hallegatte, Stéphane - 2014

1 Introduction and summary -- 2 What is a disaster? An economic point of view -- 3 Disaster risks: evidence and theory -- 4 Trends in Hazards and the Role of Climate Change -- 5 Climate change impact on natural disaster losses -- 6 Methodologies for disaster risk management in a changing...

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Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management

Leal Filho, Walter - 2013

There has been some degree of reluctance in the past to consider disaster risk management within the mainstream of adaptation to climate variability and climate change. However, there is now wide recognition of the need to incorporate disaster risk management concerns in dealing with such...

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Unsafety : Disaster Management, Organizational Accidents, and Crisis Sciences for Sustainability

Atsuji, Shigeo - 2016

This is the first book to examine the linkages among natural and organizational accidents and disasters in the modern era and clarifies the mechanisms involved and the significance of emerging problems, from the aging of vital infrastructure for the supply of water, gas, oil, and electricity to...

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Enterprise Risk Management Models

Olson, David L - 2017 - 2nd ed. 2017

This book is a comprehensive guide to several aspects of risk, including information systems, disaster management, supply chain and disaster management perspectives. A major portion of this book is devoted to presenting a number of operations research models that have been (or could be) applied...

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