國立虎尾科技大學 |

Local disaster risk management in a changing climate = perspective from central America /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Local disaster risk management in a changing climate/ edited by Tsuneki Hori, Rajib Shaw.
Reminder of title:	perspective from central America /
other author:	Hori, Tsuneki.
Published:	Bingley, U.K. :Emerald, : 2014.,
Description:	1 online resource (xxiv, 192 p.) :ill. :
Subject:	Global warming - Central America. -
Online resource:	http://www.emeraldinsight.com/2040-7262/17
ISBN:	9781783509362 (electronic bk.)

Local disaster risk management in a changing climate = perspective from central America /
Local disaster risk management in a changing climateperspective from central America /[electronic resource] :edited by Tsuneki Hori, Rajib Shaw. - 1st ed. - Bingley, U.K. :Emerald,2014. - 1 online resource (xxiv, 192 p.) :ill. - Community, environment and disaster risk management,v. 172040-7262 ;. - Community, environment and disaster risk management ;v. 1..

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Local disaster risk management in Central America -- Incorporating climate hazards into national disaster risk management -- Incorporating climate hazards into local development planning -- Elements for sustainable community-based disaster risk management -- Climate change perception and local risk awareness for sustainable community-based disaster risk management -- Factors for enhancing local DRM capacity -- Conclusion.

Disasters cause economic as well as human losses. Indeed, economic losses associated directly with disasters have continued at increasing proportions worldwide since the 1970s, as the 2011 Global assessment report on disaster risk reduction conducted by the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) illustrates. Disaster losses due to single geological events sometimes appear much greater in magnitude than those attributed to climate-related disasters. Nonetheless, the overall trend for increasing loss can largely be attributed to the increase in climate-related disasters, which in turn is triggered in part by global climate change. Furthermore, as such disasters increase in frequency, it intensifies vulnerability in the poorest regions of developing countries. In this book, the authors discuss effective approaches to enhancing the local disaster risk management (DRM) capacity of developing countries to combat increasing climate-related disaster impacts. Also provided are ideas and lessons on local disaster risk management, in terms of planning and practice in developing countries, with particular focus on a case study in Costa Rica.

ISBN: 9781783509362 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

1058110
Global warming
--Central America.

LC Class. No.: GE160.C35 / L63 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 363.73874

Local disaster risk management in a changing climate = perspective from central America /
LDR:02606cam a2200289Ia 4500 001 830794
003 UtOrBLW
005 20141121151823.0
006 m o d
007 cr un|||||||||
008 160120s2014 enka ob 000 0 eng d
020 $a 9781783509362 (electronic bk.)
020 $z 9781783509355
035 $a bslw09287825
040 $a UtOrBLW
043 $a nc-----
050 4 $a GE160.C35 $b L63 2014
082 0 4 $a 363.73874 $2 23
245 0 0 $a Local disaster risk management in a changing climate $h [electronic resource] : $b perspective from central America / $c edited by Tsuneki Hori, Rajib Shaw.
250 $a 1st ed.
260 $a Bingley, U.K. : $b Emerald, $c 2014.
300 $a 1 online resource (xxiv, 192 p.) : $b ill.
490 1 $a Community, environment and disaster risk management, $x 2040-7262 ; $v v. 17
504 $a Includes bibliographical references.
505 0 $a Introduction -- Local disaster risk management in Central America -- Incorporating climate hazards into national disaster risk management -- Incorporating climate hazards into local development planning -- Elements for sustainable community-based disaster risk management -- Climate change perception and local risk awareness for sustainable community-based disaster risk management -- Factors for enhancing local DRM capacity -- Conclusion.
520 $a Disasters cause economic as well as human losses. Indeed, economic losses associated directly with disasters have continued at increasing proportions worldwide since the 1970s, as the 2011 Global assessment report on disaster risk reduction conducted by the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) illustrates. Disaster losses due to single geological events sometimes appear much greater in magnitude than those attributed to climate-related disasters. Nonetheless, the overall trend for increasing loss can largely be attributed to the increase in climate-related disasters, which in turn is triggered in part by global climate change. Furthermore, as such disasters increase in frequency, it intensifies vulnerability in the poorest regions of developing countries. In this book, the authors discuss effective approaches to enhancing the local disaster risk management (DRM) capacity of developing countries to combat increasing climate-related disaster impacts. Also provided are ideas and lessons on local disaster risk management, in terms of planning and practice in developing countries, with particular focus on a case study in Costa Rica.
588 $a Description based on print version record.
650 0 $a Global warming $z Central America. $3 1058110
700 1 $a Hori, Tsuneki. $3 1058109
700 1 $a Shaw, Rajib. $3 810538
830 0 $a Community, environment and disaster risk management ; $v v. 1. $3 810541
856 4 0 $u http://www.emeraldinsight.com/2040-7262/17