Book of Donmon Teith

Building resilience to the world’s increasingly damaging environmental hazards has become a priority. This book considers the scientific advances which have b

As a specialist in disaster preparation, you have huge responsibilities: a failure to prepare for natural and human-induced disasters costs lives and money. Whe

Topics include : risk assessment, disaster management, adjustment to the hazard (accepting, sharing, reducing loss), earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, snow av

This book analyses the links between climate change adaptation, resilience and the impacts of hazards. The contributors cover topics such as climate change adap

This insightful book considers how the law has adapted to the environmental challenges of the 21st Century and the ways in which it might be used to cope with e