Natural Hazard Mitigation: Recasting Disaster Policy And Planning - Softcover

Godschalk, D.R.; Beatley, Timothy; Berke, Philip R.; Brower, David; Kaiser, Edward J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1559636025 ISBN 13: 9781559636025

Verlag: Island Press, 1998

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Godschalk David Beatley Timothy Berke Philip Browe

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Reseña del editor:

This text offers an informative examination of natural hazard mitigation for planners, policymakers, stu dents, and professionals that work in this field. The topics include guidelines for hurricanes, floods and earthquakes. '

Biografía del autor:

Timothy Beatley is the Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities at the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia, where he has taught for over twenty-five years. His primary teaching and research interests are in environmental planning and policy, with special emphasis on coastal and natural hazards planning, environmental values and ethics, and biodiversity conservation. He has published extensively in these areas, including the following books: Ethical Land Use; Habitat Conservation Planning: Endangered Species and Urban Growth; Natural Hazard Mitigation; and An Introduction to Coastal Zone Management. In recent years much of his research and writing has been focused on the subject of sustainable communities, and creative strategies by which cities and towns can reduce their ecological footprints, while at the same time becoming more livable and equitable places. His books that explore these issues include Biophilic Cities, Resilient Cities, and Green Urbanism (Island Press).

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• Verlag: Island Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1559636025
• ISBN 13: 9781559636025
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 4
• Anzahl der Seiten: 591