Climate Events and Disaster Mitigation from Policy to Practice

Rivero, Alejandro Linayo, Biswajeet Pradhan & Jayant K. Routray

ISBN 10: 9351248690 / ISBN 13: 9789351248699

Published by Astral International (P) Ltd, 2018

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• Title: Climate Events and Disaster Mitigation from Policy to Practice
• Publisher: Astral International (P) Ltd
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9351248690
• ISBN 13: 9789351248699
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Contents: Preface. Introduction. I. Climate Change: 1. Changing weather and air quality patterns in Central European and Mediterranean Region/Laszlo Bozo. 2. Global warming and climate change due to poor solid waste management: a growing concern in Indian metropolitans/B C Prabhakar and K N Radhika. 3. The impact of climate change on natural disaster in Iran/M Faravani, R Aghnoum, AA Moayedi and M Ehsan Elahi. 4. Challenges in the implementation of climate change policy of Nepal/J R Pokharel. 5. Mitigating the effects of adverse climatic conditions in Zambia/S Mpanga, M Kaoma, K Zimba and A Zulu. II. Natural Disasters: 6. Natural disasters and climate change in Nigeria: issues and mitigation strategies/Agoro O. 7. Case study of flash flood Assessment of 14th Nov 2014 in Colombo due to short period high intense rainfall/A R Warnasooriya, ACM Rodrigo and KHMS Premalal. 8. Children's experiences of participation in disaster risk reduction: perspectives from parents and stakeholders in Muzarabani/C Muzenda-Mudavanhu. III. Disaster Management: Practices and Policies: 9. Disaster management practices in Cambodia/V Ung and L Heng An. 10. A synopsis of disaster management in South Africa: An intergovernmental approach to disaster prevention, mitigation and response/D E Mthembu. 11. Possible early warning for landslide in Sri Lanka using 'Antecedent Daily Rainfall Index': a case study of Meeriyabedda landslide on 29th Oct 2014/W N S Rupasinghe and KHMS Premalal. 12. Disaster mitigation policies and practices in South Asia with focus on social capital/J K Routray and S Sanyal. 13. Existing National Policies on Natural Disaster Management and Implementation: A case of landslides and mudslides in Uganda/K Mugerwa. IV. Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction: 14. Identification of Indonesian technology readiness in disaster risk reduction/Adawiah, Ophirtus Sumule and Irsan Pawennei. 15. Confiability analysis of the automatic weather stations network of Sri Lanka/N Kumarasinghe.