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- Uniquely evaluates the status of prediction possibilities, the potential of preventing or minimizing the damage done by disasters, and what can be done to prepare for disasters before they impact and in the post-impact time
- Stresses the importance of planning for triggered events that may follow natural or human generated hazards and how hazard impacts are affected by population growth and density
- Addresses mitigation economics and funding possibilities
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science (BRIEFSENVIRONMENTAL)
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
This book advances a three-step program for mitigation of natural and anthropogenic hazards, addressing mitigation economics and funding possibilities to meet the needs of at risk countries that lack the financial resources to invest in disaster reduction programs. Within the context of mitigation, this book covers prediction-prevention-preparedness for global warming/climate change as existing and progressive processes that create or abet slow developing or rapidly occurring hazards that endanger society such as sea level rise, extreme weather events, threats to food/water security, and the spread of infectious diseases.
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Authors and Affiliations
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Washington Univer, Emeritus at The George, WASHINGTON, USA
Frederic R. Siegel
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mitigation of Dangers from Natural and Anthropogenic Hazards
Book Subtitle: Prediction, Prevention, and Preparedness
Authors: Frederic R. Siegel
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-38875-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-38874-8Published: 01 July 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-38875-5Published: 23 June 2016
Series ISSN: 2191-5547
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5555
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 127
Topics: Natural Hazards, Security Science and Technology, Climate Change, Water Quality/Water Pollution, Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution, Terrestrial Pollution