TY  - BOOK
AU  - José Simão Antunes do Carmo
AB  - This book addresses different aspects of natural hazards and vulnerabilities, with a focus on prevention and protection. It consists of nine chapters, five on flood events addressing vulnerabilities, risk assessments, impacts, sensitivity analyses, and mitigation measures, two on climate change and reconstruction of natural hazard events such as avalanches and rockslides, and two on tsunamis and volcanoes. All chapters provide relevant information and useful elements for readers interested and concerned about the lack of action or its ineffectiveness in containing the vulnerabilities and risks of possible natural hazards worldwide.
DO  - 10.5772/intechopen.73232
ID  - OAPEN ID: 37668
KW  - Geological Disaster
KW  - Physical Sciences
KW  - Engineering and Technology
KW  - Natural Disaster
KW  - Earth and Planetary Sciences
L1  - https://www.intechopen.com/books/natural-hazards-risk-assessment-and-vulnerability-reduction
LA  - English
LK  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/54354
PB  - IntechOpen
PY  - 2018
SN  - 9781789848212
SN  - 9781789848205
TI  - Natural Hazards - Risk Assessment and Vulnerability Reductionnull
ER  - 
