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Science of Societal Safety : Living at Times of Risks and Disasters by Seiji , Abe,; Mamoru , Ozawa,; Yoshiaki , Kawata, is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Science of Societal Safety : Living at Times of Risks and Disasters about?
This open access book covers comprehensive but fundamental principles and concepts of disaster and accident prevention and mitigation, countermeasures, and recovery from disasters or accidents including treatment and care of the victims. Safety and security problems in our society involve not only engineering but also social, legal, economic, cultural, and psychological issues. The enhancement needed for societal safety includes comprehensive activities of all aspects from precaution to recovery, not only of people but also of governments. In this context, the authors, members of the Faculty of Societal Safety Science, Kansai University, conducted many discussions and concluded that the major strategy is consistent independently of the type and magnitude of disaster or accident, being also the principle of the foundation of our faculty. The topics treated in this book are rather widely distributed but are well organized sequentially to provide a clear understanding of the principles of societal safety. In the first part the fundamental concepts of safety are discussed. The second part deals with risks in the societal and natural environment. Then follows, in the third part, a descr
Who reads Science of Societal Safety : Living at Times of Risks and Disasters?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Seiji , Abe,; Mamoru , Ozawa,; Yoshiaki , Kawata,
- Publisher
- Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9789811327742
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Social Science, Engineering, Crime
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