Environmental Hazards and Disasters/ (Record no. 174945)
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| fixed length control field | 00420nam a2200145Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780470660027 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 363.3406 |
| Item number | PAU/E |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Paul, Bimal Kanti |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Environmental Hazards and Disasters/ |
| Sub title | contexts, perspectives and management |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Kanti Bimal Paul |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | UK: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | John Wiley & Sons, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xi,322 p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Environmental Hazards and Disasters: Contexts, Perspectives and Management focuses on manifested threats to humans and their welfare as a result of natural disasters. The book uses an integrative approach to address socio-cultural, political and physical components of the disaster process. Human and social vulnerability as well as risk to environmental hazards are explored within the comprehensive context of diverse natural hazards and disasters. In addition to scientific explanations of disastrous occurrences, people and governments of hazard-prone countries often have their own interpretations for why natural disasters occur. In such interpretations they often either blame others, in order to conceal their inability to protect themselves, or they blame themselves, attributing the events to either real or imagined misdeeds. The book contains a chapter devoted to the neglected topic of such reactions and explanations. Includes chapters on key topics such as the application of GIS in hazard studies; resiliency; disasters and poverty; climate change and sustainability and development. This book is designed as a primary text for an interdisciplinary course on hazards for upper-level undergraduate and Graduate students. Although not targeted for an introductory hazards course, students in such a course may find it very useful as well. Additionally, emergency managers, planners, and both public and private organizations involved in disaster response, and mitigation could benefit from this book along with hazard researchers. It not only includes traditional and popular hazard topics (e.g., disaster cycles, disaster relief, and risk and vulnerability), it also includes neglected topics, such as the positive impacts of disasters, disaster myths and different accounts of disasters, and disasters and gender. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | NATURE -- Natural Disasters. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disasters et Disaster Relief. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Disasters. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | General Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 29/08/2016 | 363.3406 PAU/E | P29933 | 10/07/2018 | 10/07/2018 | General Books |