Building Resilience to Disasters

Editor(s):
Rajib Shaw and Yukiko Takeuchi, Kyoto University, Japan
R. R. Krishnamurthy, University of Madras,India
Krishna Pribadi, Institute of Technology Bandung, Indonesia
Rekha Nianthi, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka





About the Book

This is a joint initiative of four universities under a collaborative Project called Selamat, implemented with NGO partners and Asian Disaster Reduction and Response Network. (ADRRN) . The Project was funded by European Union through UN ISDR. The Collaboration lead to the formation of Asian University Network Of Environment and Disaster Management (AUEDM) to enhance field based action research and education.






This invaluable book covers the topics in:

  • Climate change adaptation
  • Participatory urban risk management
  • Community based flood risk management
  • Community based coastal zone management
  • School safety for disaster risk reduction
  • Community based information system
  • Post disaster environmental impact assessment
  • Leadership training program for NGOs

Readership: Under-graduate and graduate students, engineers, NGOs and practitioners.



ISBN

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978-981-08-2748-9

Price

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US$78 / €56

Pages

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350 pp

Year

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2011



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