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  • Geographic Perspectives on Disaster Risk Management

    Edited by Chris Ewing, Matthew Foote, William Forde, Tina Thomson ...
    A holistic view of geospatial data and analysis across the risk management lifecycleGeospatial data and analytical tools are widely used for disaster management, insurance, humanitarian response, and defence—yet methodologies remain siloed. Geographic Perspectives on Disaster Risk Management, written by a team of experienced practitioners in catastrophe risk analytics and geospatial studies, ... Read more

    $91.00 USD

  • Natural Catastrophe Risk Management and Modelling

    A Practitioner's Guide

    by Kirsten Mitchell-Wallace, Matthew Jones, John Hillier, Matthew Foote ...
    This book covers both the practical and theoretical aspects of catastrophe modelling for insurance industry practitioners and public policymakers. Written by authors with both academic and industry experience it also functions as an excellent graduate-level text and overview of the field.Ours is a time of unprecedented levels of risk from both natural and anthropogenic sources. Fortunately, it is ... Read more

    $98.00 USD

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  • Disaster Management: Global Challenges and Local Solutions

    by Rajib Shaw ...
    We are becoming increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters. Disaster Management is therefore an important topic for all—from high school students to researchers. Disaster data in recent years show increasing trends in physical, social and economic impacts. While a global perspective of disaster management is necessary, it is also important to emphasize local solutions. This book targets some of ... Read more

    $33.00 USD

  • Towards the “Perfect” Weather Warning

    Bridging Disciplinary Gaps through Partnership and Communication

    Edited by Brian Golding ...
    This book is about making weather warnings more effective in saving lives, property, infrastructure and livelihoods, but the underlying theme of the book is partnership. The book represents the warning process as a pathway linking observations to weather forecasts to hazard forecasts to socio-economic impact forecasts to warning messages to the protective decision, via a set of five bridges that ... Read more

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  • A Dictionary of Disaster Management

    by Olivier Rubin, Rasmus Dahlberg ...
    Series series Oxford Quick Reference Online
    A Dictionary of Disaster Management offers over 200 terms covering different disasters from a social science perspective, brining together insights from many different disciplines including sociology, political science, history, anthropology, and natural science. It also features practical terms, key concepts in disaster research, and important organizations involved in disaster management. Terms ... Read more

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  • Operational Risk Toward Basel III

    Best Practices and Issues in Modeling, Management, and Regulation

    by Greg N. Gregoriou ...
    Series Book 481 - Wiley Finance
    This book consists of chapters by contributors (well-known professors, practitioners, and consultants from large and well respected money management firms within this area) offering the latest research in the OpRisk area. The chapters highlight how operational risk helps firms survive and prosper by givingreaders the latest, cutting-edge techniques in OpRisk management. Topics discussed include: ... Read more

    $57.00 USD

  • Methods of Disaster Research

    by Robert A. Stallings ...
    The methods of disaster research are indistinguishable from those used throughout the social sciences. Yet these methods must be applied under unique circumstances. Researchers new to this field need to understand how the disaster context affects the application of the methods of research. This volume, written by some of the worlds leading specialists in disaster research, provides for the first ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Engineering Project Appraisal

    by Martin Rogers, Aidan Duffy ...
    In most cases of civil engineering development, a range of alternative schemes meeting project goals are feasible, so some form of evaluation must be carried out to select the most appropriate to take forward. Evaluation criteria usually include the economic, environmental and social contexts of a project as well as the engineering challenges, so engineers must be familiar with the processes and ... Read more

    $68.00 USD

  • Energy Efficient Cities: Assessment Tools And Benchmarking Practices

    by Bose Ranjan K. ...
    Energy is intrinsic to urban settlements, embedded in the built environment, and directly used to power socio-economic activity, transport and communications, and enable the provision of municipal services. In response to the crucial role of urban energy efficiency for environmentally sustainable and inclusive development processes, ESMAP's Energy Efficient Cities Initiative (EECI) was launched in ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Commodity Modeling and Pricing

    Methods for Analyzing Resource Market Behavior

    by Peter V. Schaeffer ...
    Series Book 514 - Wiley Finance
    Commodity Modeling and Pricing provides extensions and applications of state-of-the-art methods for analyzing resource commodity behavior. Drawing from the seminal work of Professor Walter Labys on the development of econometric methods for forecasting commodity prices, this collection of essays features expert contributors ranging from practitioners in private industry, public sector, and ... Read more

    $80.00 USD

  • COVID-19 Pandemic, Geospatial Information, and Community Resilience

    Global Applications and Lessons

    Edited by Abbas Rajabifard, Daniel Paez, Greg Foliente ...
    "The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/10.1201/9781003181590**, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license."**Geospatial information plays an important role in managing location dependent pandemic situations across different communities and domains. Geospatial information and ... Read more

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  • Proceedings of the Fifth Annual International Conference on Business and Public Administration (AICoBPA 2022)

    Edited by Andy Fefta Wijaya, Fadillah Amin, Mohammad Iqbal ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This is an open access book. This year of 2022, in a concordance with the 62th Anniversary of Faculty of Administrative Science Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia, we proudly present the 5th Annual International Conference on Business and Public Administration (AICoBPA) 2022. AICoBPA 2022 invites scientists and professionals from various fields related to Business and Public Administration around ... Read more

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