Integrated Risk Governance: Science Plan and Case Studies of Large-Scale Disasters

By Peijun Shi

Book Overview

Part I: Integrated Risk Governance Project (IRG) Science Plan.- Executive Summary.- The Challenge.- Research Programme.- Outcomes.- Implementation Strategy.- Part II: Integrated Governance of Large Scale Disaster Risk.- Experiences and Lessons of Large-Scale Disaster Governance in China -Perspective to the Response of Wenchuan Earthquake Disaster May 12 2008.- Experiences and Lessons of Large-Scale Disaster Governance in China -Perspective to the Response of Freezing Rain and Snowstorm Disaster in South China Early 2008.- Avoiding the Avoidable. Towards A European Heat Waves Risk Governance.- Hurricane Katrina: A Teachable Moment.- China Wenchuan and Tangshan Earthquakes-Opportunity for Learning and Development.- Comparative Case Study of Entry Transition of Large-scale Disasters: 2008 South China Snow Storm and 2005 US Katrina.- Chinese Paradigm of Catastrophe Risk Governance.- The Community Model of Integrated Natural Disaster Risk Prevention in China.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642447899
• ISBN13: 9783642447891
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"