Disasters come in all shapes and sizes and can be very detrimental to people in many ways. It is usually associated with human suffering caused by natural events such as tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods while human created disasters stem from war, the use of sanctions, the conduct of repressive regimes, and economic and social policies. This has led to the implementation of disaster management practices in order to lessen the detrimental effects that disasters can cause. With the implementation of disaster management, comes the never-ending effort to try and gain the upper hand on disasters. Disaster management in modern society can vary greatly in scale, focus, methodologies and applications from city to city or region to region. Disaster management is an ever-changing field with new techniques, technologies and practices being created every day to make it more effective. In-turn, the ever-changing field of disaster management coupled with the always advancing technologies throughout the globe urge the professionals of today to evolve in how they approach disaster management problems.
With the growth of urban living around the globe, urban disasters as well as growing in both severity and frequency. This book sheds light on some of the work being performed by modern day professionals in the field of disaster management. More specifically, it sheds light on policies, methodologies, technologies, pre-planning disaster analysis, post disaster analysis, techniques and trends in the fields of urban and regional disaster management. From pedestrian flow path modelling to government-sponsored natural disaster insurance pools, capacity development to early warning systems, there is a broad array of information compiled within this book pertaining to the urban and regional disaster management fields. This book will be found useful for teaching, learning and research alike. Coherent flow of topics, student-friendly language and extensive use of examples make this book an invaluable source of knowledge.
Thaddeus Dillon pursued his Master of Science in Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management from the Public Research University at Leicester. His areas of interest are disaster response technologies, recovery planning and disaster response management. Dillon has spent more than a decade in the disaster management industry and has authored numerous articles and books, which have been published worldwide. He is a renowned guest lecturer of higher education programs and travels extensively for educating people across the globe.
