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Global Warming, Natural Hazards, and Emergency Management (Hardcover)
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Global Warming, Natural Hazards, and Emergency Management (Hardcover)
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Scientists predict the earth is facing 40-to-60 years of climate
change, even if emissions of carbon dioxide and other global
warming gases stopped today. One inevitable consequence of the
greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere will be an increase in
the frequency and severity of natural disaster events. Global
Warming, Natural Hazards, and Emergency Management documents the
imperative need for communities to prepare for the coming effects
of climate change and provides a series of in-depth, road-tested
recommendations on how to reduce risks for communities and
businesses. Frontline Advice for Increasing Defenses and Reducing
Impacts of Global Warming Authored and edited by emergency
management and environmental protection professionals from the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Sierra Club,
this book offers case histories from communities across America
that have successfully reduced the extent and consequences of
natural disasters. These examples are becoming increasingly
important to understand and replicate as the risks to communities
created by a changing climate rise. This book recognizes three
fundamental principles essential to developing a
disaster-prevention strategy: The protection of natural systems is
an important security measure The reduction of disaster risk, not
just response, is of great importance Local communities must take
the lead in prevention efforts Provides Local Governments with
Replicable Case Histories of Hazard Mitigation Efforts This
no-nonsense reference is a procedural roadmap for emergency
managers, policy makers, and community officials. It explains how
to develop community partnerships among a myriad of stakeholders;
identifies staffing and resource requirements for successful
programs; and p
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