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- Extreme Natural Hazards, Disaster Risk and Societal Implications
- Series page
- Extreme Natural Hazards, Disaster Risks and Societal Implications
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Extreme hazards and disaster risks
- Part III Case studies: Latin America and the Caribbean region
- Part IV Case studies: Africa
- Part V Case studies: the Middle East
- Part VI Case studies: Asia and the Pacific Region
- 21 The Chao Phraya floods 2011
- 22 Environmental risk management in Australia: natural hazards
- 23 The 2008 Wenchuan, China, earthquake
- 24 The 2011 Tohoku, Japan, earthquake and tsunami
- 25 India's tsunami warning system
- Part VII Disaster risks and societal implications
- Index
22 - Environmental risk management in Australia: natural hazards
from Part VI - Case studies: Asia and the Pacific Region
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2014
- Extreme Natural Hazards, Disaster Risk and Societal Implications
- Series page
- Extreme Natural Hazards, Disaster Risks and Societal Implications
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Extreme hazards and disaster risks
- Part III Case studies: Latin America and the Caribbean region
- Part IV Case studies: Africa
- Part V Case studies: the Middle East
- Part VI Case studies: Asia and the Pacific Region
- 21 The Chao Phraya floods 2011
- 22 Environmental risk management in Australia: natural hazards
- 23 The 2008 Wenchuan, China, earthquake
- 24 The 2011 Tohoku, Japan, earthquake and tsunami
- 25 India's tsunami warning system
- Part VII Disaster risks and societal implications
- Index
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014