Download or read book Encyclopedia of Disaster Management: Volume II (Observations and Implications) written by Alfred Scott and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disaster management involves the mitigation of effects of a calamity using an integrative strategy involving both human and materialistic resources. This book presents an overview of crucial disaster management issues. Original research reports by international scholars focused on disaster management present important facets of danger and disaster management. It discusses perspectives on vulnerability and advancing approaches to mitigation, approaches to improve data use and information management in distinct applications aimed at promoting prediction and communication of hazard, and the management of crisis and post-event recovery in private sector, in the design of urban space and among the victims of a disaster. This book contributes theoretical as well as practical updates to the existing disaster management literature.