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Integrated Risk Governance: Science Plan and Case Studies of Large-Scale Disasters
By Peijun Shi (editor), Qian Ye (editor) and Carlo Jaeger (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Springer Verlag
Publication date July 14, 2012
Pages 243
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9783642316401
ISBN-10 3642316409
Dimensions 0.75 by 6.25 by 9.25 in.
Weight 1.50 lbs.
Original list price $159.00
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"Integrated Risk Governance: Science Plan and Case Studies of Large-scale Disasters" is the first book in the IHDP-Integrated Risk Governance Project Series. It consists of two parts: Part I: Integrated Risk Governance Project Science Plan, which outlines the challenge, research programme, outcomes, and implementation strategy of the IRG Project; and Part II: Case Studies of Large-scale Disasters, which includes case analyses of experience, lessons learned and recommendations on various large-scale disasters around the world, such as the Tangshan and Wenchuan earthquakes and the great ice storm in China, European heat waves, and Hurricane Katrina in the USA. The community model of integrated natural disaster risk governance and paradigm of catastrophe risk governance in China are also presented.

Prof. Peijun Shi works at Beijing Normal University, China; Prof. Carlo Jaeger works at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany; Prof.Qian Ye works at Beijing Normal University, China.



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With Peijun Shi (other contributor), Carlo Jaeger (other contributor) | from Springer Verlag (July 14, 2012)
9783642316401 | details & prices | 243 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 0.75 in. | 1.50 lbs | List price $159.00
About: "Integrated Risk Governance: Science Plan and Case Studies of Large-scale Disasters" is the first book in the IHDP-Integrated Risk Governance Project Series.
Paperback
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With Peijun Shi (other contributor), Carlo Jaeger (other contributor) | from Springer Verlag (August 9, 2014)
9783642447891 | details & prices | List price $159.00
About: Tracing the progress of the decade-long IHDP-IRG Project, this publication is based on case analyses from around the world and introduces an integrated risk governance framework for dealing with large-scale disasters that exceed our current coping capacities.

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