Complex Disasters - Compounding, Cascading, and Protracted (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)

This Edited book introduces the concept of complex disasters and considers both disaster risks and impacts across the disaster management spectrum - Prevention - Preparation - Response and Recovery. Three types of complex disasters are analysed - 'Compound', 'Cascading' and 'Protracted'. Case studies include hazards from fires, through to floods, sea level rise and typhoons are explored through case studies from Australia and the Asia Pacific region. Each is written by scholars and/or practitioners with acknowledged expertise in the field and most chapters are based on detailed case studies of ongoing or recent research projects. The book will be useful to researchers in climate, disaster, or environmental and economic policy, disaster risk reduction, and climate change studies, and practitioners and policy makers applying disaster theory and knowledge into policy and decision-making.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	Singapore
Series:	Disaster Risk, Resilience, Reconstruction and Recovery
Release date:	October 2022
First published:	2022
Editors:	Anna Lukasiewicz • Tayanah O'Donnell
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	394
Edition:	1st ed. 2022
ISBN-13:	978-981-19-2427-9
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > General Promotions
LSN:	981-19-2427-9
Barcode:	9789811924279

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