Disaster management and human health risk II : reducing risk, improving outcomes / editors, C.A. Brebbia, A.J. Kassab, E.A. Divo.
Series: WIT transactions on the built environment ; v. 119Publication details: Southampton, UK : WIT Press ; Billerica, MA : Computational Mechanics, c 2011.Description: 317 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781845645366
- 17464498 (print)
- 17433509 (online)
- Disaster management and human health risk two
- 363.34 22 DIS
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CONTENTS
SECTION 1: Disaster analysis, monitoring and mitigation
-Tsunami risk mapping simulation for Malaysia
-Physical vulnerability of critical facilities in Grand Caymna, Caymna Islands
-Analysis and prediction of building damages due to windstorms
-Seismic performance analysis of lifelinesytems
Etc.
SECTION 2: Emergency preparedness
-A decision support framework for large scale emergency response
-Assessing community and region emergency-services capabilities
-Community resilience: measuring a community's ability to withstand
-Emergency response and traffic congestion: the dispatcher's perspective
Etc.
SECTION 3: Risk mitigation
-An application of enterprise risk management in the marine transportation industry
SECTION 4: Surveillance and early warning systems
-Wireless network sensors that are energy efficient for monitoring and early warning
-Infectious diseases: surveillance, genetic modification and simulation
-Application of Google Earth for flood disaster situation information
Etc.
SECTION 5: Socio-economic issues
-Post disaster reconstruction activities: a case study in Ghana
-Best practices for psychological support of communities after a disaster
- Farmers' awareness and utilization of disaster management strategies and training needs for sustainable food security and livelihoods in Nigeria
Includes Bibliographical references and index : p.317
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