Land Use Management in Disaster Risk Reduction Practice and Cases from a Global Perspective

Land Use Management in Disaster Risk Reduction Practice and Cases from a Global Perspective / edited by Michiko Banba, Rajib Shaw.

This book provides a wide range of studies on methods of assessing natural disaster risks and reducing those risks in the context of land use. A major benefit of the book is that it presents extensive research and practices from interdisciplinary perspectives through case studies of land use managem...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Banba, Michiko (Editor), Shaw, Rajib (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Disaster Risk Reduction, Methods, Approaches and Practices,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Urban geography.
Natural disasters.
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:
  • Land use Management in Disaster Risk Reduction: An Overview
  • Land Use Management and Risk Communication
  • Experiences of Japan in Post Hanshin Awaji Earthquake
  • The Reconstruction of Bhuj - Reflecting on the Planning Process
  • Land use management along fault line: experiences of New Zealand
  • Experience from the United States: Post Katrina and Sandy
  • Integrated land use planning in New Zealand and Canterbury earthquakes
  • The rapid development of settlements in flood-prone areas in peri-urban Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: Monitoring and spatial analysis using VHR satellite imageries
  • Integration of Disaster Risk Reduction into Land Use Planning: Experience of Bangladesh
  • Flood Disasters and Land Use Planning in Swat Valley, Eastern Hindu Kush
  • Guinsaugon, Leyte Landslide: Experience and Lessons in Land Use Policy
  • Japan’s experiences of catastrophic mountain disasters in Wakayama
  • Uttarakhand disaster and land use policy changes
  • Climate change and its impacts on land use/cover change and food security in Nepal
  • Post Morakot Land Use Implications for Taiwan
  • The Indian Ocean tsunami and land use changes in Indonesia
  • Land-use and land cover change analysis using multi-date multi-spectral satellite data: An integrated study of South Chennai in Tamil Nadu State, India
  • The Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami: Lessons for Land Use
  • Land use change implications on Ba Ria Vung Tau province in Vietnam
  • Land use change in Southwestern coastal Bangladesh-Consequence to Food and Water Supply
  • Flood Disaster Mitigation Measures through Land Use Management in the UK and France
  • River basin and land use lessons from Japan: Influences of Changes of Industrial Structure on Land Use of Nagara Basin and Flood Risk Control
  • River basin and land use lessons from Bangkok, Thailand. .

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