Inside Risk: A Strategy for Sustainable Risk Mitigation

Inside Risk: A Strategy for Sustainable Risk Mitigation edited by Scira Menoni, Claudio Margottini.

This book comprises the main results of the Scenario (Support on Common European Strategy for sustainable natural and induced technological hazards mitigation) project, funded as a Specific Support Action under the VI FP. This book addresses three main needs: first, it constitutes an assessment of t...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Menoni, Scira (Editor), Margottini, Claudio (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edition:1st ed. 2011.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Natural disasters.
Engineering geology.
Engineering—Geology.
Foundations.
Hydraulics.
Environmental engineering.
Biotechnology.
Geology.
Geography.
Social sciences.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to Sustainable Risk Mitigation for a More Resilient Europe
  •  Europe at Risk (Following EU Funded Research on Hazar and Risks)
  •  Impact and Losses of Natural and Na-Tech Disasters in Europe
  •  Current Mitigation Practices in the EU
  •  Risk Futures in Europe
  •  From Global to Local and from Local to Global: Examples of Event Scenarios in Europe.

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