This book discusses the science, causes, impacts and risk reduction strategies for climate change and disasters. It focuses on the use of traditional knowledge, new innovation and education to build a culture of safety and resilience at all levels in order to promote sustainable development goals in general and disaster risk reduction in particular.
The global climate has changed substantially over the last century. There is strong evidence of global climate change in the form of increase in air and sea surface temperature, recession of glaciers, changes and shifting of climate...
This book discusses the science, causes, impacts and risk reduction strategies for climate change and disasters. It focuses on the use of tradition...
This textbook aims to develop a scientific knowledge base on spatial information technology to communicate the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) among students, researchers, professionals and laymen. The book improves understanding of the spatial database and explains how to extract information from this for planning purposes. To enhance the knowledge of geoscientists and environmentalists, the book describes the basic fundamental concepts to advance techniques for spatial data management and analysis and discusses the methodology. The Geographic Information System (GIS),...
This textbook aims to develop a scientific knowledge base on spatial information technology to communicate the United Nations' Sustainable Development...
This book details a process of creating long-term sustainability and resilience plan for local governments to use for designing and implementing sustainability and resilience policies, initiatives, and programs.
This book details a process of creating long-term sustainability and resilience plan for local governments to use for designing and implementing susta...
This book narrates personal stories of people from around the world who have used natural products, in particular Non Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) as a means to come out of poverty.
This book narrates personal stories of people from around the world who have used natural products, in particular Non Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) a...
This book provides a detailed description of the theories, tools, and competencies that are required for governance for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
This book provides a detailed description of the theories, tools, and competencies that are required for governance for the Sustainable Development Go...
The main focus of this book is to help better understand the multidimensionality and complexity of population displacement and the role that reconstruction and recovery knowledge and practice play in this regard.
The main focus of this book is to help better understand the multidimensionality and complexity of population displacement and the role that reconstru...
This volume gathers a variety of applications for remote sensing of vegetation health (VH) and concretely shows how this information can be used in service of ending hunger and of ensuring future food security.
This volume gathers a variety of applications for remote sensing of vegetation health (VH) and concretely shows how this information can be used in se...
