Urban Planning for Disaster Recovery focuses on disaster recovery from the perspective of urban planning, an underutilized tactic that can significantly reduce disaster risks. The book examines disaster risk reduction (DRR), in particular, the recovery stage of what is widely known as the disaster cycle.
The theoretical underpinning of the book derives from a number of sources in urban planning and disaster management literature, and is illustrated by a series of case studies. It consists of five sections, each of which opens with a conceptual framework that is followed by a series of supporting and illustrative cases as practical examples. These examples both complement and critique the theoretical base provided, demonstrating the need to apply the concepts in location-specific ways.
Japan has been one of the most important international sponsors of human security, yet the concept has hitherto not been considered relevant to the Japanese domestic context. This book applies the human security approach to the specific case of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident that struck Japan on 11 March 2011, which has come to be known as Japan's 'triple disaster'. This left more than 15,000 people dead and was the most expensive natural disaster in recorded history.
The book identifies the many different forms of human insecurity that were produced or exacerbated within Japan by the triple disaster. Each chapter adds to the contemporary literature by identifying the vulnerability of Japanese social groups and communities, and examining how they collectively seek to prevent, respond to and recover from disaster. Emphasis is given to analysis of the more encouraging signs of human empowerment that have occurred. Contributors draw on a wide range of perspectives, from disciplines such as: disaster studies, environmental studies, gender studies, international relations, Japanese studies, philosophy and sociology.
In considering this Japanese case study in detail, the book demonstrates to researchers, postgraduate students, policy makers and practitioners how the concept of human security can be practically applied at a policy level to the domestic affairs of developed countries, countering the tendency to regard human security as exclusively for developing states.
Àâòîð: Margaret M. Carreiro; Yong-Chang Song; Jianguo Wu Íàçâàíèå: Ecology, Planning, and Management of Urban Forests ISBN: 1441924418 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781441924414 Èçäàòåëüñòâî: Springer Ðåéòèíã: Öåíà: 16977.00 ð. Íàëè÷èå íà ñêëàäå: Åñòü ó ïîñòàâùèêà Ïîñòàâêà ïîä çàêàç.
Îïèñàíèå: This book contains studies and perspectives on urban forests from a broad array of basic and applied scientific disciplines including ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, landscape ecology, plant community ecology, geography, and social science.
Àâòîð: Pamela S. Showalter; Yongmei Lu Íàçâàíèå: Geospatial Techniques in Urban Hazard and Disaster Analysis ISBN: 9400730845 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789400730847 Èçäàòåëüñòâî: Springer Ðåéòèíã: Öåíà: 26120.00 ð. Íàëè÷èå íà ñêëàäå: Åñòü ó ïîñòàâùèêà Ïîñòàâêà ïîä çàêàç.
Îïèñàíèå: This book examines how geographic information technologies (GIT) are being implemented to improve our understanding of hazard and disaster situations. The focus is on urban areas, broadly defined to encompass rapidly growing and densely populated areas.
Àâòîð: Olson Richard S., Podesta Bruno, Nigg Joanne M. Íàçâàíèå: The Politics of Earthquake Prediction ISBN: 0691608024 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691608020 Èçäàòåëüñòâî: Wiley Ðåéòèíã: Öåíà: 4752.00 ð. Íàëè÷èå íà ñêëàäå: Åñòü ó ïîñòàâùèêà Ïîñòàâêà ïîä çàêàç.
Îïèñàíèå: The Politics of Earthquake Prediction is a suspenseful account of what happens when scientists predict an enormous earthquake for a specific day--an earthquake that did not, in this instance, happen, but which, if it had, would have been one of the most destructive of our century. Working in a field where uncertainty abounds, Dr. Brian Brady of the
