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Improving Flood Management, Prediction and Monitoring: Case Studies in Asia (Community Environment and Disaster Risk Management, 20, Band 20) - Hardcover

Buch 13 von 18: Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management
 
9781787565524: Improving Flood Management, Prediction and Monitoring: Case Studies in Asia (Community Environment and Disaster Risk Management, 20, Band 20)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1787565521 ISBN 13: 9781787565524
Verlag: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

Flood risk management requires a multi-disciplinary approach with experts from the fields of health, town planning, civil engineering, computer science and mathematical statistics.

This volume presents chapters highlighting the methodologies and tools developed to improve flood management and flood risk reduction. Chapters in this important volume consider research on Emerging economies and developing countries and the case studies are focused in Malaysia, China and South-East Asia. The book presents key research from areas of the globe where flood management has not traditionally been studied but where the effects of climate change and natural disasters present huge challenges for societies in the region.
This volume, edited by leaders in the field of disaster management, would of be particular interest to students, researchers and policy specialists involved with examining flood related risk reduction methods and systems for key decision makers.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Zulkifli Yusop is a Professor of Environmental Hydrology and Dean of Sustainable Resources Research Alliance at UTM, Malaysia. He has strong national and international linkages with the Malaysian International Hydrological Program, Malaysian Water Association, International Water Association, European Union (EU) and others through research and consultancy services.

Azmi Aris is a Professor of Environmental Engineering and the Director of Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Water Security (IPASA), UTM. He specializes in water pollution control. He works closely with government and private agencies for the protection of the water environment and sustainable management of water resources.
Nor Eliza Alias is a Senior Lecturer in School of Civil Engineering and a research fellow of the Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Water Security (IPASA), UTM. She is involved in national and international research and consultancies projects related to extreme rainfall events, flood, disaster management and climate change.
Kogila Vani Annammala is a Senior Lecturer in School of Civil Engineering and a research fellow of the Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Water Security (IPASA), UTM. Her research focuses on erosion and sediment sources and transport using natural and artificial sediment properties in exploring catchment response to disturbances.
William L. Waugh, Jr., PhD, is Professor Emeritus in Public Management and Policy at Georgia State University. His books include Living with Hazards, Dealing with Disasters (2000), Emergency Management: Principles and Practice for Local Government, 2nd Edition (2007), and Recovering from Catastrophic Disaster in Asia (2017).

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Verlag
Emerald Publishing Limited
Erscheinungsdatum
2018
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1787565521
ISBN 13 
9781787565524
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
156
Herausgeber
Yusop Zulkifli, Aris Azmi, Alias Nor Eliza, Annammala Kogila Vani, Waugh William L.
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