Water-Related Disasters and Disaster Risk Management in the People's Republic of China
Title | Water-Related Disasters and Disaster Risk Management in the People's Republic of China PDF eBook |
Author | Asian Development Bank |
Publisher | Asian Development Bank |
Pages | 143 |
Release | 2015-12-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9292571508 |
Disaster risk now presents one of the most serious threats to inclusive and sustainable socioeconomic development. In the People's Republic of China (PRC), the incidence of natural disasters---particularly water-related disasters---are on the rise, resulting in an increased exposure to and vulnerability of the population to disasters. Coupled with anticipated increases in the frequency and intensity of weather-related events due to climate change, the PRC's population is at heightened risk. This review focuses on water-related disasters, including identification of underlying causes, current management and policies to reduce risk, and opportunities for strengthening integrated disaster risk management in the PRC.
Addressing Climate Change Risks, Disasters and Adaptation in the People's Republic of China
Title | Addressing Climate Change Risks, Disasters and Adaptation in the People's Republic of China PDF eBook |
Author | Asian Development Bank |
Publisher | Asian Development Bank |
Pages | 59 |
Release | 2015-12-01 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9292571567 |
Climate change poses a significant challenge to human security, socioeconomic development, and the environment due to an increase in climate-related risks with more frequent and intense extreme weather events. It is vital for countries to identify climate risks, reduce these risks through mitigation, and adapt to these risks---thereby increasing resilience and reducing vulnerability. This study informs decision makers regarding major climate change risks to development and provides feasible policy recommendations for consideration to increase resilience and reduce vulnerability in the water, agriculture, and natural resource sectors of the People's Republic of China.
Flood Risk Management in the People's Republic of China
Title | Flood Risk Management in the People's Republic of China PDF eBook |
Author | Yoshiaki Kobayashi |
Publisher | Asian Development Bank |
Pages | 199 |
Release | 2012-04-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9290925310 |
This publication presents a shift in the People's Republic of China from flood control depending on structural measures to integrated flood management using both structural and non-structural measures. The core of the new concept of integrated flood management is flood risk management. Flood risk management is based on an analysis of flood hazard, exposure to flood hazard, and vulnerability of people and property to danger. It is recommended that people learn to live with flood risks, gaining and promoting a clear understanding of flood risks, quantifying and modifying the flood hazard, regulating exposure to the hazard, and reducing their vulnerability to danger.
Drying Up
Title | Drying Up PDF eBook |
Author | Qingfeng Zhang |
Publisher | Asian Development Bank |
Pages | 171 |
Release | 2013-06-01 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9290924489 |
Climate change is one of a few major factors that ensure the country will continue to struggle to supply its cities and industries and fields with enough water, particularly in the North, as well as face more frequent and longer droughts. The country has shown a stunningly agile disaster response system, but its system for disaster prevention and management is far less developed. The road to greater drought management and sustainable water supplies is demand management. How to achieve this in a historically hydraulic-engineering society is explored through the case study of Guiyang Municipality in Guizhou Province.
Health-Related Emergency Disaster Risk Management (Health-EDRM)
Title | Health-Related Emergency Disaster Risk Management (Health-EDRM) PDF eBook |
Author | Emily Ying Yang Chan |
Publisher | MDPI |
Pages | 294 |
Release | 2020-12-29 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 303936314X |
Disasters such as earthquakes, cyclones, floods, heat waves, nuclear accidents, and large scale pollution incidents take lives and cause exceptionally large health problems. The majority of large-scale disasters affect the most vulnerable populations, which are often comprised of people of extreme ages, in remote living areas, with endemic poverty, and with low literacy. Health-related emergency disaster risk management (Health-EDRM) [1] refers to the systematic analysis and management of health risks surrounding emergencies and disasters; it plays an important role in reducing hazards and vulnerability along with extending preparedness, response, and recovery measures. This concept encompasses risk analyses and interventions, such as accessible early warning systems, timely deployment of relief workers, and the provision of suitable drugs and medical equipment, to decrease the impact of disaster on people before, during, and after disaster events. Disaster risk profiling and interventions can be at the personal/household, community, and system/political levels; they can be targeted at specific health risks including respiratory issues caused by indoor burning, re-emergence of infectious disease due to low vaccination coverage, and gastrointestinal problems resulting from unregulated waste management. Unfortunately, there has been a major gap in the scientific literature regarding Health-EDRM. The aim of this Special Issue of IJERPH was to present papers describing/reporting the latest disaster and health risk analyses, as well as interventions for health-related disaster risk management, in an effort to address this gap and facilitate major global policies and initiatives for disaster risk reduction.
Health-Related Emergency Disaster Risk Management (Health-EDRM).
Title | Health-Related Emergency Disaster Risk Management (Health-EDRM). PDF eBook |
Author | Emily Ying Yang Chan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 294 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9783039363155 |
Disasters such as earthquakes, cyclones, floods, heat waves, nuclear accidents, and large scale pollution incidents take lives and cause exceptionally large health problems. The majority of large-scale disasters affect the most vulnerable populations, which are often comprised of people of extreme ages, in remote living areas, with endemic poverty, and with low literacy. Health-related emergency disaster risk management (Health-EDRM) [1] refers to the systematic analysis and management of health risks surrounding emergencies and disasters; it plays an important role in reducing hazards and vulnerability along with extending preparedness, response, and recovery measures. This concept encompasses risk analyses and interventions, such as accessible early warning systems, timely deployment of relief workers, and the provision of suitable drugs and medical equipment, to decrease the impact of disaster on people before, during, and after disaster events. Disaster risk profiling and interventions can be at the personal/household, community, and system/political levels; they can be targeted at specific health risks including respiratory issues caused by indoor burning, re-emergence of infectious disease due to low vaccination coverage, and gastrointestinal problems resulting from unregulated waste management. Unfortunately, there has been a major gap in the scientific literature regarding Health-EDRM. The aim of this Special Issue of IJERPH was to present papers describing/reporting the latest disaster and health risk analyses, as well as interventions for health-related disaster risk management, in an effort to address this gap and facilitate major global policies and initiatives for disaster risk reduction.
Urban Planning and Water-related Disaster Management
Title | Urban Planning and Water-related Disaster Management PDF eBook |
Author | Guangwei Huang |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 2018-05-30 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3319901737 |
Urban areas face daunting environmental, economic and social challenges that have increased in scope in recent years, especially given climate change and globalization. At the same time, cities provide exciting opportunities for growth and revitalization of local and national economies. The interplay of these challenges and opportunities create important tasks for policymakers and researchers. This book provides a new horizon for exploring solutions to urban problems, especially water-related disasters in urban areas. It is of a cross-disciplinary nature offering both new concepts and practices that will help to promote communication between urban planning communities and water management professionals in order to integrate water-related disaster management into spatial planning.