prediction, prevention, and preparedness Siegel, Frederic R. creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. sz 2016 2016 monographic eng 1 online resource (xiv, 127 pages) This book advances a three-step program for mitigation of natural and anthropogenic hazards, addressing mitigation economics and funding possibilities to meet the needs of at risk countries that lack the financial resources to invest in disaster reduction programs. Within the context of mitigation, this book covers prediction-prevention-preparedness for global warming/climate change as existing and progressive processes that create or abet slow developing or rapidly occurring hazards that endanger society such as sea level rise, extreme weather events, threats to food/water security, and the spread of infectious diseases. Preface -- Introduction To Hazards and Factors That Affect Impacts On Global Societies -- Mitigation -- Risk Assessment/Vulnerability -- Conditions That Aggravate The Effects Of A Hazard On Citizens And Property -- Early Warning Systems (EWS) -- Damping The Dangers From Tectonics-Driven Hazards: Earthquakes and Volcanoes -- Earthquakes -- Volcanoes -- Lessening The Impacts From Non-Tectonic (Natural) Hazards and Triggered Events -- Magnified Impact Of Natural Hazards From Global Warming/Climate Change And Inadequate Land-Use Planning -- Disease -- Natural Processes That Endanger Food Security Linked To Climate Change -- Land-Use Planning To Minimize Dangers To Citizens and Ecosystems -- Physical Siting Of Locations For Housing, Commerce, Industry and Parkland -- Pollution -- Mitigation of Hazard Impacts On Ecosystems And Their Inhabitants: Possible For Some, Not Possible For Others -- Mitigation Of Impacts On Ecosystems And Their Inhabitants Directly From Human Activities -- Mitigation Economics -- Insurance As A Mitigator of Post-Hazard Economic Stress: Coverage and Exclusions -- Conflicts/Wars: Human Driven Events That Injure/Kill people And Damage/Destroy Property -- Uncommon But Noteworthy Natural Disasters -- Epilogue -- Index. Frederic R. Siegel. Includes bibliographical references and index. Hazard mitigation Natural disasters Epidemics Security & fire alarm systems Climate change Water supply & treatment Pollution & threats to the environment Natural disasters BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Infrastructure SOCIAL SCIENCE General Epidemics Hazard mitigation Natural disasters HV551.2 .S54 2016eb 363.34/6 Siegel, Frederic R. [Cham, Switzerland] : Springer, �2016 xiv, 127 pages 2191-5555 9783319388755 3319388754 3319388746 9783319388748 9783319388762 3319388762 com.springer.onix.9783319388755 Springer Nature https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1231707 https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1231707 N$T 160627 20220525095246.0 ocn952336048 eng