Integrated Risk Governance : Science Plan and Case Studies of Large-scale Disasters - Shi, Peijun; Jaeger, Carlo; Ye, Qian.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013)
Part I: Integrated Risk Governance Project (IRG) Science Plan -- Executive Summary -- The Challenge -- Research Programme -- Outcomes -- Implementation Strategy -- Part II: Integrated Governance of Large Scale Disaster Risk -- Experiences and Lessons of Large-Scale Disaster Governance in China -Perspective to the Response of Wenchuan Earthquake Disaster May 12 2008 -- Experiences and Lessons of Large-Scale Disaster Governance in China -Perspective to the Response of Freezing Rain and Snowstorm Disaster in South China Early 2008 -- Avoiding the Avoidable. Towards A European Heat Waves Risk Governance -- Hurricane Katrina: A Teachable Moment -- China Wenchuan and Tangshan Earthquakes-Opportunity for Learning and Development -- Comparative Case Study of Entry Transition of Large-scale Disasters: 2008 South China Snow Storm and 2005 US Katrina -- Chinese Paradigm of Catastrophe Risk Governance -- The Community Model of Integrated Natural Disaster Risk Prevention in China.
Keywords: Natural disasters; Climate change; Regional planning; Urban planning; Quality control; Reliability; Industrial safety; Environmental economics; Natural Hazards; Climate Change Management and Policy; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk; Environmental Economics