Disaster management

Awange, Joseph

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-58418-8_17

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Awange, Joseph

Date

2018

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Awange, J. 2018. Disaster management. In Environmental Science and Engineering (Subseries: Environmental Science), 351-386.

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Environmental Science and Engineering (Subseries: Environmental Science)

DOI

10.1007/978-3-319-58418-8_17

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Department of Spatial Sciences

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/58065

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Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

© Springer International Publishing AG 2018. Natural disasters, whether of meteorological origin such as cyclones, floods, tornadoes and droughts or of having geological nature such as earthquakes and volcanoes, are well known for their devastating impacts on human life, economy and environment, and are also formidable physical constraints in our overall efforts to develop and utilize the natural resources on a sustainable basis (Jayaraman, Chandrasekhar, Rao, Acra Astronaut 40(2–8):291–325, 1997, [1]).