This is the first English language book to systematically introduce basic theories, methods and applications of disaster risk science from the angle of different subjects including disaster science, emergency technology and risk management. Viewed from basic theories, disaster risk science consists of disaster system, formation mechanism and process, covering 3 chapters in this book. From the perspective of technical methods, disaster risk science includes measurement and assess...
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Introduction.- Hazards, Disasters and Risks.- Regional Disaster System.- Disaster Formation Process.- Disaster Measurement、Statistics and Assessment.- Disaster Ri...
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Peijun Shi, a leading expert of natural disaster risk management in China, is the Academician of the China Science Center of International Eurasian Academy of Sciences...