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1 online resource (1 volume.) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Emerald gems
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Emerald gems.
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| Contents |
Front Cover; Emerald Gems; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; A Fuzzy AHP Based Decision Support System for Disaster Center Location Selection and a Case Study for Istanbul; 1. Introduction; 2. Location Selection; 3. Research methods: AHP and Fuzzy AHP; 3.1 Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP); 3.2 Fuzzy Set Theory; 3.3 Fuzzy AHP; 4. Proposed DSS and a Case Study for the City of Istanbul; 4.1 Proposed DSS; 4.2 A Case Study for the City of Istanbul; 4.2.1 Location selection with AHP; 4.2.2 Location selection using fuzzy AHP; 4.2.3 Comparison of results from both methods; 5. Conclusion; References |
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Further ReadingAbout the Authors; Challenges of Disaster Vulnerability Reduction in Lagos Megacity Area, Nigeria; 1. Introduction; 2. Disaster Risk Management and Vulnerability Reduction; 3. Research Methodology; 4. Study Findings; 4.1 The Most Prevalent Disasters; 4.2 Challenges of Disaster Vulnerability Reduction; 5. Discussion; 6. Recommendations and Concluding Remarks; References; Further Reading; About the Author; Community Preparedness for Tsunami Disaster: A Case Study; Introduction; Literature Review; Methodology; Findings and Discussion; 4.1 Interfacing Activities |
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4.2 Focus Group Discussion4.3 Survey; 4.4 Identification of Evacuation Routes and Safe Evacuation Zones; 4.5 Enhancement of Public Awareness through Education of Community; 4.6 Formulation of Tsunami Evacuation Plan and Procedures; Conclusion; References; Further Reading; Disaster Management in Cameroon: The Lake Nyos Disaster Experience; Introduction; Method; Immediate Post-Disaster Management; On the Night of the Apocalypse; Survivors experiences about the disaster's impact; Disaster manager's experiences in disaster impact; Management of Relief Operations; Rescue Mission |
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Financial and Material AssistanceManagement of Relief Aid; Promises and Pledges to Help Survivors; The Media; Settlement of Survivors; Opinion on the Management of the Crisis Period; Long-term Management; Scientific/Technical Management of the LND; Present risks in Lake Nyos; Opinion on the technical management of LND; Social Management of Lake Nyos and Monoum Disasters; Recent social management plan for the Lake Nyos area; Awareness of disaster management/mitigation plan for the Nyos area; Government promises to disaster survivors; Reflecting on the Disaster Management |
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Main Constraints to the Management of LNDHow the Nyos Disaster Management Could have been Improved; Usefulness of Lessons from the LND for Future Planning; Conclusion; References; About the Author; Impacts of Temporary Housing on Housing Reconstruction after the Bam Earthquake; 1. Introduction; 2. Post-disaster TH; 3. TH after the Bam Earthquake; 4. Methodology and Data; 5. Findings; 5.1 Monitoring of the Housing Reconstruction; 5.2 Access to the Reconstruction Office; 5.3 Housing Reconstruction Progress; 5.4 Perceived Length of the Reconstruction; 5.5 Quality of Reconstructed Houses |
| Summary |
New Perspectives in Global Environmental Disasters is a collection of articles that represent high levels of scholarship in emergent themes and key issues. These include the following: - Crisis management - Emergency planning - Community-based disaster management. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Natural disasters.
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Natural disasters. |
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Environmental law.
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Environmental law. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: New perspectives in global environmental disasters. United Kingdom : Emerald Publishing, 2015 9781785608094 (OCoLC)951153094 |
| ISBN |
9781785608087 (electronic book) |
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1785608088 (electronic book) |
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9781785608094 |
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1785608096 |
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