TY - BOOK ID - 7764910 TI - Natural Disasters in China PY - 2016 SN - 3662502682 3662502704 PB - Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Earth sciences. KW - Natural disasters. KW - Physical geography. KW - Quality control. KW - Reliability. KW - Industrial safety. KW - Earth Sciences. KW - Natural Hazards. KW - Earth System Sciences. KW - Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk. KW - Natural disasters KW - Geology. KW - System safety. KW - Safety, System KW - Safety of systems KW - Systems safety KW - Accidents KW - Industrial safety KW - Systems engineering KW - Geognosy KW - Geoscience KW - Earth sciences KW - Natural history KW - Prevention KW - Industrial accidents KW - Industries KW - Job safety KW - Occupational hazards, Prevention of KW - Occupational health and safety KW - Occupational safety and health KW - Prevention of industrial accidents KW - Prevention of occupational hazards KW - Safety, Industrial KW - Safety engineering KW - Safety measures KW - Safety of workers KW - System safety KW - Dependability KW - Trustworthiness KW - Conduct of life KW - Factory management KW - Industrial engineering KW - Reliability (Engineering) KW - Sampling (Statistics) KW - Standardization KW - Quality assurance KW - Quality of products KW - Geography KW - Natural calamities KW - Disasters UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7764910 AB - This is the first English language book that systematically introduces the spatial and temporal patterns of major natural disasters in China from 1949 to 2014. It also reveals natural disaster formation mechanisms and processes, quantifies vulnerability to these disasters, evaluates disaster risks, summarizes the key strategies of integrated disaster risk governance, and analyzes large-scale disaster response cases in recent years in China. The book can be a good reference for researchers, students, and practitioners in the field of natural disaster risk management and risk governance for improving the understanding of natural disasters in China. ER -