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Svetomir Mrdja & Biljana Raskovic
Natural Disasters [PDF ebook]
Prevention, Risk Factors and Management

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In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the prevention, risk factors and management of natural disasters. Topics discussed include typhoon and hurricane prediction; point-of-care testing in complex emergency and disaster resilience; management strategies for children during natural disasters; torrential floods prevention; information technology and simulation in disaster management; quantile approach application to seismic risk assessment; the increase of natural disasters as a result of global climate change; coping with disaster trauma; paleo-landslides in central Serbia; how the elderly cope during disasters and crises; and government involvement in Connecticut during Tropical Storm Irene.

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Format PDF ● Pages 375 ● ISBN 9781622576777 ● Editor Svetomir Mrdja & Biljana Raskovic ● Publisher Nova Science Publishers ● Published 2013 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 7222030 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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