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Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research
- 1st Edition - June 7, 2019
- Editor: Fernando I. Rivera
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 5 8 2 1 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 6 2 6 5 - 1
Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research provides a synthesis of the most pressing issues in natural hazards research by new professionals. The book begins with an overview… Read more
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Request a sales quoteEmerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research provides a synthesis of the most pressing issues in natural hazards research by new professionals. The book begins with an overview of emerging research on natural hazards, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires, sea-level rise, global warming, climate change, and tornadoes, among others. Remaining sections include topics such as socially vulnerable populations and the cycles of emergency management.
Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research
is intended to serve as a consolidated resource for academics, students, and researchers to learn about the most pressing issues in natural hazard research today.- Provides a platform for readers to keep up-to-date with the interdisciplinary research that new professionals are producing
- Covers the multidisciplinary perspectives of the hazards and disasters field
- Includes international perspectives from new professionals around the world, including developing countries
Academics, faculty, researchers, graduate and undergraduate students, professionals and anyone interested in natural hazards research. Emergency managers, policy makers, and local/federal officials. Hazard responders, development experts in the World Bank, UN, USAID officers, and many others. The many academic experts in hazards research in academia, including anthropologists, geographers, geologists, sociologists, public health, and others will be interested
- No. of pages: 454
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 7, 2019
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128158210
- eBook ISBN: 9780128162651
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Fernando I. Rivera
Fernando Rivera is a professor of sociology and director of the Puerto Rico Research Hub at the University of Central Florida. He has received funding from the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture for his disaster research. He is the co-editor of two books on disaster vulnerability, hazards, and resilience and several journal articles and book chapters. Dr. Rivera is currently a principal co-investigator on a National Science Foundation-funded interdisciplinary project examining restoration and resilience in coupled human-natural systems.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Sociology and Director of the Puerto Rico Research Hub, University of Central Florida - Orlando, FL, USARead Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research on ScienceDirect