Download or read book An Assessment of Natural Hazards Management in British Columbia written by Robert Gordon Buchanan and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Assessment of Natural Hazards and Disasters in Canada written by David Etkin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2003-04-30 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The problems and issues of natural hazards and disasters, both globally and in Canada, are becoming increasingly important since the costs of extreme natural events have been escalating, and significant vulnerabilities exist in Canadian society. Without thoughtful and effective mitigation, these costs and human suffering are likely to continue to increase. An assessment of knowledge, research, and practice in risk, hazards and disasters fields is a fundamental step towards the goal of prevention and mitigation. This book on natural hazards and disasters in Canada is the first comprehensive interdisciplinary publication on this subject, and is the result of a national assessment on this topic. A variety of papers from the physical and social sciences explores both the risks associated with these hazards, and adaptive strategies that can be used to reduce those risks. Audience: This excellent collection of papers is intended for academics, professionals and practitioners involved in hazard reduction activities who wish to obtain a better understanding of Canadian natural hazards.

Download or read book British Columbia Hazard Risk and Vulnerability Analysis written by Laurie Pearce and published by University of British Columbia Disaster Preparedness Resources Centre. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Experiences with Natural Hazards Risk Assessment in Indigenous Coastal Communities in British Columbia written by M. Heideman and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report provides an illustration of three Indigenous coastal communities' reflections on community planning and risk assessment in response to the natural hazards each community is facing. The Gitga'at First Nation, Tsleil-Waututh Nation, and the Ucluelet First Nation shared their reflections at a session during the 2018 Canadian Risks and Hazard Network symposium in Vancouver. The main outcomes of group discussions during this session are presented in this paper. The overarching goal of the paper is to identify gaps and opportunities between science and practice, which can help navigate a path forward for different levels of government to work together to assess and plan for natural hazards, thereby creating sustainable and resilient communities"--Introduction, page 8.

Download or read book An Assessment of Natural Hazards and Disasters in Canada written by David Etkin and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Proceedings of a Tri lateral Workshop on Natural Hazards written by Tri-lateral Workshop on Natural Hazards and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Disaster Planning written by H. D. Foster and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Natural Hazards in British Columbia written by British Columbia. Ministry of Transportation and Highways. Geotechnical & Materials Engineering Branch and published by Geotechnical and Materials Engineering Branch. This book was released on 1996 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Building a Resilient Canada written by The Expert Panel on Disaster Resilience in a Changing Climate and published by Council of Canadian Academies. This book was released on 2022-01-13 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current risk management approaches may be insufficient to prepare for future disasters, particularly where hazards overlap. Integrated approaches have potential to be more impactful, stretching limited resources further. Building a Resilient Canada examines current practices and emerging actions to reduce vulnerability and exposure to natural hazards through the integration of climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction (DRR). These actions are diverse but rest on a common foundation of accessible and up-to-date information, sufficient funding and insurance incentives, and coordinated and collaborative governance.

Download or read book An Assessment of Natural Hazards and Disasters in Canada written by Lydia Dotto and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Disaster Risk Management Approach to Seismic Risk on Vancouver Island British Columbia written by Mark R. Seemann and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Communities on Vancouver Island, British Columbia face significant exposure to damaging earthquakes. This seismic risk arises not only from the Island's proximity to crustal, sub-crustal and subduction earthquake sources in the Cascadia Subduction Zone and from their associated aftershock sequences, but also from environmental (natural and human-made) and social vulnerabilities in Vancouver Island communities and their current capacities to respond and recover from a large seismic event. Seeking to 1) assist community officials and the general public to better understand the scope of the earthquake risk on Vancouver Island; 2) raise awareness of the gaps in Vancouver Island's risk assessment; 3) encourage and facilitate comprehensive seismic risk discussions at all levels of governance; and 4) offer quantitative data on which to base sound funding and policy decisions, this dissertation offers three new studies, presented in paper format, toward the comprehensive management of seismic risk on Vancouver Island. The first paper, reviews the components of risk and, building on international risk management standards and best practices, develops a new, comprehensive Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Framework for practitioners. This DRM Framework is then used to review existing knowledge of Vancouver Island's seismic risk. A number of information gaps are identified, and two in particular, mainshock and aftershock hazard assessment, are targeted for further analysis.

Download or read book Geotechnique and Natural Hazards written by Vancouver Geotechnical Society (Vancouver, B.C.) and published by Vancouver, B.C., Canada : BiTech Publishers. This book was released on 1992 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The First Step to Future proof BC written by Callie Bouchard and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British Columbia has encountered numerous natural disaster events in the last decade. Despite this, and a growing body of evidence showing the number and magnitude of these disasters will only increase due to climate change, emergency management in the province is largely reactive. A proactive shift in emergency management is easier said than done, as the provincial government faces many barriers that prevent successful implementation of proactive emergency management. Thus, the policy issue this study seeks to address is that there are too many barriers preventing the British Columbian government from implementing proactive emergency management. A literature review, jurisdictional scan and multiple expert interviews were used to define the key barriers encountered by the provincial government. Four proposed policy options which seek to address these barriers were analyzed. The recommended policy bundle was selected based on the analysis conducted.

Download or read book Gully Assessment Procedure Guidebook written by British Columbia. Ministry of Forests and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Forest Practices Code guidebooks help forest resource managers plan, prescribe and implement sound forest practices that comply with the Forest Practices Code. This guidebook gives framework for site prescriptions in coastal watersheds, directing field staff to the most critical factors to consider when evaluating gullies for silvicultural prescriptions or post harvest rehabilitation.

Download or read book British Columbia the Pacific Province written by Colin J. B. Wood and published by Canadian Western Geographical. This book was released on 2001 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wide-ranging collection of essays focuses on the geography of British Columbia. An overview of the province's geographical regions, demographic characteristics, and cultural variety is followed by a discussion of the physical environment, including natural hazards, climate, vegetation, and water resources.The central portion addresses the geopolitical history of the Pacific Northwest and covers the geopolitics of hydroelectric power development, First Nation's land claims, and associated treaty negotiations. Attention then shifts to Chinese immigration, which has been responsible for creating the province's largest visible minority.The final section reviews British Columbia's spatial economy and includes chapters on recreation and tourism, land-use planning, mineral development, energy, forestry, agriculture, fisheries, and marine conservation.

Download or read book Hazard Management Planning in British Columbia Issues and Challenges written by Peter Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Landslide Risk Management written by Oldrich Hungr and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2005-06-30 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Landslide Risk Management comprises the proceedings of the International Conference on Landslide Risk Management, held in Vancouver, Canada, from May 31 to June 3, 2005. The first part of the book contains state-of-the-art and invited lectures, prepared by teams of authors selected for their experience in specific topics assigned to them by the JTC