Handbook of Disaster Policies and Institutions - Improving Emergency Management and Climate Change Adaptation (Hardcover, 2nd edition)

Disasters both natural and human-induced are leading to spiralling costs in terms of human lives, lost livelihoods and damaged assets and businesses. Yet these consequences and the financial and human crises that follow catastrophes can often be traced to policies unsuited to the emerging scales of the problems they confront, and the lack of institutional capacity to implement planning and prevention or to manage disasters. This book seeks to overcome this mismatch and to guide development of a more strategic policy and institutional framework. This updated and revised second edition includes new coverage of climate change adaptation, which has rapidly become central to disaster and emergency planning and management. This is an essential handbook for practitioners across the world seeking to improve the quality, robustness and capacity of their disaster management mechanisms.

General

Imprint:	Earthscan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	John Handmer • Stephen Dovers
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	216
Edition:	2nd edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-84971-350-4
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental impact of natural disasters & phenomena Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Social impact of environmental issues > General
LSN:	1-84971-350-2
Barcode:	9781849713504

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