Mitigation Of Dangers From Natural And Anthropogenic Hazards: Prediction, Prevention, And Preparedness (springerbriefs In Environmental Science)

This book advances a three-step program for mitigation of natural and anthropogenic hazards, addressing mitigation economics and funding possibilities to meet the needs of at risk countries that lack the financial resources to invest in disaster reduction programs. Within the context of mitigation, this book covers prediction-prevention-preparedness for global warming/climate change as existing and progressive processes that create or abet slow developing or rapidly occurring hazards that endanger society such as sea level rise, extreme weather events, threats to food/water security, and the spread of infectious diseases. Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Introduction to Hazards and Factors that Affect Impacts on Global Societies....Pages 1-6 Mitigation....Pages 7-8 Risk Assessment/Vulnerability....Pages 9-11 Conditions that Aggravate the Effects of a Hazard Event on Citizens and Property....Pages 13-14 Early Warning Systems (EWSs)....Pages 15-18 Damping the Dangers from Tectonics-Driven (Natural) Hazards: Earthquakes and Volcanoes....Pages 19-20 Earthquakes....Pages 21-30 Volcanoes....Pages 31-34 Lessening the Impacts from Non-Tectonic (Natural) Hazards and Triggered Events....Pages 35-51 Magnified Impact of Natural Hazards from Global Warming/Climate Change and Inadequate Land-Use Planning....Pages 53-60 Disease....Pages 61-62 Natural Processes Linked to Climate Changes that Threaten Food Security....Pages 63-65 Land-Use Planning to Minimize Dangers to Citizens and Ecosystems....Pages 67-71 Physical Siting of Locations for Housing, Commerce, Industry, and Parkland....Pages 73-77 Pollution....Pages 79-85 Mitigation of Hazard Impacts on Ecosystems and Their Inhabitants: Possible for Some, Not Possible for Others....Pages 87-89 Mitigation of Impacts on Ecosystems and Their Inhabitants Directly from Human Activities....Pages 91-94 Mitigation Economics....Pages 95-99 Insurance as a Mitigator of Post-Hazard Economic Stress: Coverage and Exclusions....Pages 101-111 Conflicts/Wars: Human-Driven Events That Injure/Kill People and Damage/Destroy Property....Pages 113-114 Uncommon but Noteworthy Natural Hazards....Pages 115-118 Back Matter....Pages 119-127