Spatial Management of Risks
Author | : Gerard Brugnot |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 285 |
Release | : 2013-03-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781118623312 |
ISBN-13 | : 1118623312 |
Rating | : 4/5 (312 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Spatial Management of Risks by : Gerard Brugnot
Download or read book Spatial Management of Risks written by Gerard Brugnot and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spatial analysis is an increasingly important tool for detecting and preventing numerous risk and crisis phenomena such as floods in a geographical area. This book concentrates on examples of prevention but also gives crisis control advice and practical case studies. Some chapters address urban applications in which vulnerabilities are concentrated in area; others address more rural areas with more scattered phenomena.