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Bridging the Gap: Hazard Mitigation in the Global Context by Kelly Klima; Alessandra Jerolleman is a Social Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Bridging the Gap: Hazard Mitigation in the Global Context about?
## Abstract Natural hazard mitigation is a recent field in name only. For decades various professionals have been practicing hazard mitigation: for example, emergency managers have been working with architects and city planners to update building codes for disaster-resistant construction, civil engineers have been working with local officials to design flood-resistant urban drainage systems, and foresters have been working with state officials to enact more effective prescribed burning practices. Yet most often, natural hazard mitigation has taken place as isolated activities scattered within the daily duties of diverse professions – an accidentally cross-disciplinary effort recognized as vitally important to protect individuals and communities, yet not recognized as its own multidisciplinary field. The crucial importance of natural hazard mitigation requires a more coherent approach, with consistent and accessible technical information and training, formal and informal discourse among hazard mitigation professionals, interaction with a greater public awareness of the social components, and recognition of hazard mitigation as a profession in its own right. Simultaneously, hazard mi
Who reads Bridging the Gap: Hazard Mitigation in the Global Context?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Social Sciences.
- Author
- Kelly Klima; Alessandra Jerolleman
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Social Sciences