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What can we learn from the spatial patterns of disasters? What
human and structural factors need to be addressed to explain hazard
vulnerability? As populations grow and the climate warms, how can
natural hazards be mitigated? Thoroughly revised and updated, and
now with a more global perspective, the second edition of this
accessible text provides an integrated framework for understanding
and managing natural hazards. Numerous case studies from around the
world illustrate the complexities of extreme geophysical events and
highlight their physical, social, political, and economic
dimensions. The text identifies essential principles for tackling
the fundamental causes of differential vulnerabilities that
perpetuate human distress, and for promoting recovery and
resilience. New to This Edition *New frameworks for understanding
human resilience and adaptive capacity in recovery, dynamics of
risk and uncertainty, and more. *Chapter on spatial and temporal
aspects of hazards. *Discussions of cutting-edge topics, such as
chronic disasters, controversies in international aid, and how
hazards affect regions differentially. *Many new case studies,
including Hurricanes Katrina and Charley, Superstorm Sandy, the
2011 Japan tsunami, Ecuador's chronic volcanic hazard, and others.
*Reflects 20 years of research advances across the physical and
social sciences, development trends, new technologies, and ongoing
global climate change.
What can we learn from the spatial patterns of disasters? What
human and structural factors need to be addressed to explain hazard
vulnerability? As populations grow and the climate warms, how can
natural hazards be mitigated? Thoroughly revised and updated, and
now with a more global perspective, the second edition of this
accessible text provides an integrated framework for understanding
and managing natural hazards. Numerous case studies from around the
world illustrate the complexities of extreme geophysical events and
highlight their physical, social, political, and economic
dimensions. The text identifies essential principles for tackling
the fundamental causes of differential vulnerabilities that
perpetuate human distress, and for promoting recovery and
resilience. New to This Edition *New frameworks for understanding
human resilience and adaptive capacity in recovery, dynamics of
risk and uncertainty, and more. *Chapter on spatial and temporal
aspects of hazards. *Discussions of cutting-edge topics, such as
chronic disasters, controversies in international aid, and how
hazards affect regions differentially. *Many new case studies,
including Hurricanes Katrina and Charley, Superstorm Sandy, the
2011 Japan tsunami, Ecuador's chronic volcanic hazard, and others.
*Reflects 20 years of research advances across the physical and
social sciences, development trends, new technologies, and ongoing
global climate change.
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