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Book Colorado s Vulnerability to Very High Risk Natural Hazards

Download or read book Colorado s Vulnerability to Very High Risk Natural Hazards written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Colorado s Vulnerability to Hazards

Download or read book Colorado s Vulnerability to Hazards written by G. Ahmad and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Colorado s Vulnerability to Very High Risk Natural Hazards

Download or read book Colorado s Vulnerability to Very High Risk Natural Hazards written by Joseph R. Ashby and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Colorado Climate Change Vulnerability Study

Download or read book Colorado Climate Change Vulnerability Study written by Eric Gordon and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colorado's climate has warmed in recent decades, and climate models unanimously project this warming trend will continue into the future. Colorado experiences numerous climate related disasters, such as floods, droughts and wildfires, which will continue to occur in the future and pose serious hazards to public safety and the economy, regardless of the rate at which the climate warms. Key vulnerabilities are defined as "those aspects of the state's economy, resources, or populations that experience negative effects from climate variability or change, and that lack sufficient capacity to adapt to those effects."

Book Disasters by Design

    Book Details:
  • Author : Dennis Mileti
  • Publisher : National Academies Press
  • Release : 1999-05-18
  • ISBN : 0309132665
  • Pages : 371 pages

Download or read book Disasters by Design written by Dennis Mileti and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-05-18 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disasters by Design provides an alternative and sustainable way to view, study, and manage hazards in the United States that would result in disaster-resilient communities, higher environmental quality, inter- and intragenerational equity, economic sustainability, and improved quality of life. This volume provides an overview of what is known about natural hazards, disasters, recovery, and mitigation, how research findings have been translated into policies and programs; and a sustainable hazard mitigation research agenda. Also provided is an examination of past disaster losses and hazards management over the past 20 years, including factorsâ€"demographic, climate, socialâ€"that influence loss. This volume summarizes and sets the stage for the more detailed books in the series.

Book Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research

Download or read book Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research written by Fernando I. Rivera and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2019-06-07 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research provides a synthesis of the most pressing issues in natural hazards research by new professionals. The book begins with an overview of emerging research on natural hazards, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires, sea-level rise, global warming, climate change, and tornadoes, among others. Remaining sections include topics such as socially vulnerable populations and the cycles of emergency management. Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research is intended to serve as a consolidated resource for academics, students, and researchers to learn about the most pressing issues in natural hazard research today. Provides a platform for readers to keep up-to-date with the interdisciplinary research that new professionals are producing Covers the multidisciplinary perspectives of the hazards and disasters field Includes international perspectives from new professionals around the world, including developing countries

Book Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards

Download or read book Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards written by Birkmann and published by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards presents a broad range of current approaches to measuring vulnerability. It provides a comprehensive overview of different concepts at the global, regional, national, and local levels, and explores various schools of thought. More than 40 distinguished academics and practitioners analyse quantitative and qualitative approaches, and examine their strengths and limitations. This book contains concrete experiences and examples from Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe to illustrate the theoretical analyses.The authors provide answers to some of the key questions on how to measure vulnerability and they draw attention to issues with insufficient coverage, such as the environmental and institutional dimensions of vulnerability and methods to combine different methodologies.This book is a unique compilation of state-of-the-art vulnerability assessment and is essential reading for academics, students, policy makers, practitioners, and anybody else interested in understanding the fundamentals of measuring vulnerability. It is a critical review that provides important conclusions which can serve as an orientation for future research towards more disaster resilient communities.

Book Colorado 6 Percent of Students at Risk of Chemical Catastrophes   In Colorado  51 117 Students Attend School Within the Vulnerability Zone of a High risk Chemical Facility  That Means that 1 in 20 Students from Preschool to High School Face Chemical   Top Five Counties Where Students Are Most at Risk

Download or read book Colorado 6 Percent of Students at Risk of Chemical Catastrophes In Colorado 51 117 Students Attend School Within the Vulnerability Zone of a High risk Chemical Facility That Means that 1 in 20 Students from Preschool to High School Face Chemical Top Five Counties Where Students Are Most at Risk written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first table lists the counties in Colorado that have the highest percentage of students attending schools in vulnerability zones. [...] Students in Fremont County are more likely to attend school in a vulnerability zone than anywhere else in the state as its facilities put 2,542 students at risk - 45% of all school-aged children in the county. [...] The second table lists the Colorado schools that are currently located in the most known vulnerability zones in the state. [...] In Colorado, the schools bearing the greatest risk from such overlapping vulnerability zones include Adams City Middle School in Commerce City, Kearney Middle School in Commerce City, and Central Elementary School in Commerce City. [...] Top Five Facilities Putting the Most Students at Risk Facility Name City Number of Students in Facility's Vulnerability Zone Number of Schools in Facility's Vulnerability Zone Klein Water Treatment Facility Commerce City 7,735 13 DPC Industries, Inc.

Book Communicating in a Crisis

Download or read book Communicating in a Crisis written by Robert DeMartino and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A resource for public officials on the basic tenets of effective communications generally and on working with the news media specifically. Focuses on providing public officials with a brief orientation and perspective on the media and how they think and work, and on the public as the end-recipient of info.; concise presentations of techniques for responding to and cooperating with the media in conveying info. and delivering messages, before, during, and after a public health crisis; a practical guide to the tools of the trade of media relations and public communications; and strategies and tactics for addressing the probable opportunities and the possible challenges that are likely to arise as a consequence of such communication initiatives. Ill.

Book Social Vulnerability to Disasters

Download or read book Social Vulnerability to Disasters written by Deborah S.K. Thomas and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-05-09 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With chapters that incorporate additional perspectives on social vulnerability, this second edition focuses on the social construction of disasters, demonstrating how the characteristics of an event are not the only reason that tragedies unfurl. It incorporates disaster case studies to illustrate concepts, relevant and seminal literature, and the most recent data available. In addition to highlighting the U.S. context, it integrates a global approach and includes numerous international case studies. The book highlights recent policy changes and current disaster management approaches and infuses the concept of community resilience and building capacity throughout the text.

Book Vulnerability and Resilience to Natural Hazards

Download or read book Vulnerability and Resilience to Natural Hazards written by Sven Fuchs and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive overview of the concepts of vulnerability and resilience for natural hazards research for both physical and social scientists.

Book Community Disaster Recovery

Download or read book Community Disaster Recovery written by Deserai A. Crow and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-10-21 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disasters can serve as focusing events that increase agenda attention related to issues of disaster response, recovery, and preparedness. Increased agenda attention can lead to policy changes and organisational learning. The degree and type of learning that occurs within a government organization after a disaster may matter to policy outcomes related to individual, household, and community-level risks and resilience. Local governments are the first line of disaster response but also bear the burden of performing long-term disaster recovery and planning for future events. Crow and Albright present the first framework for understanding if, how, and to what effect communities and local governments learn after a disaster strikes. Drawing from analyses conducted over a five-year period following extreme flooding in Colorado, USA, Community Disaster Recovery: Moving from Vulnerability to Resilience presents a framework of community-level learning after disaster and the factors that catalyse policy change towards resilience.

Book Exploring the Vulnerability of State Parks to Hazards Associated with Proximity to Oil and Gas Development in the Permian Basin Region of Texas

Download or read book Exploring the Vulnerability of State Parks to Hazards Associated with Proximity to Oil and Gas Development in the Permian Basin Region of Texas written by Samuel Thomas Ross and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Critical Disaster Studies

Download or read book Critical Disaster Studies written by Jacob A.C. Remes and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2021-08-20 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars from seven disciplines, whose work spans five continents, announce a new way of seeing disasters that is essential for making sense of our time: critical disaster studies. Critical Disaster Studies strips away the technocratic veneer that too often makes structural problems appear to be acute emergencies.

Book Children   Disasters

Download or read book Children Disasters written by Norma S. Gordon and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.