Overview
- Presents a one-stop body of knowledge covering a wide range do DRR issues from mountain perspective
- First comprehensive DRR publication covering HK region
- Subject is of the interest of policy makers, hundreds of institutions, thousands of researchers and vast population from 08 countries in the HKH region
Part of the book series: Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
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Hari Krishna Nibanupudi
Hari Krishna Nibanupudi has over 18 years of experience in disaster diplomacy, governance, leadership development & institutional building. He is certified Trainer on water diplomacy from Tufts University and is a recipient of Mary Fran Myers (MFM) award (2013) for contributions to disaster risk reduction. He currently serves at International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) as a Senior DRR Specialist. Earlier, he worked with World Bank Institute, Oxfam, IIMA & IRMA. He has commissioned and coordinated over 30 humanitarian research projects and published over a dozen of disaster risk reduction tool kits, handbooks, training manuals and videos. Many of these research studies were aimed at providing real time research and evaluation support to on going programs in South Asian countries.
Rajib Shaw
Rajib Shaw is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies of Kyoto University, Japan. He worked closely with the local communities, NGOs, governments and international organization, including United Nations, especially in the Asian countries. He is currently the Chair of the United Nations Asia Regional Task Force for Urban Risk Reduction, and the President of Asian University Network of Environment and Disaster Management (AUEDM). His research interests are: community based disaster risk management, climate change adaptation, urban risk management, and disaster and environmental education. He has published several books in the field of disaster and environmental management. He is also the Chief Editor of Asian Journal of Environment and Disaster Management.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mountain Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction
Editors: Hari Krishna Nibanupudi, Rajib Shaw
Series Title: Disaster Risk Reduction
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55242-0
Publisher: Springer Tokyo
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Japan 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-55241-3Published: 11 December 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56375-4Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-55242-0Published: 01 December 2014
Series ISSN: 2196-4106
Series E-ISSN: 2196-4114
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 284
Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations, 70 illustrations in colour
Topics: Natural Hazards, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Regional and Cultural Studies