Geohazards and Disaster Risk Reduction

- Part I Geohazards and Disaster Prevention: Approaches and Case Studies. - 1. Social Vulnerability and Geohazards: Review and Implications. - 2. Representations of Catastrophe Victims in Journalistic Narration: L'Aquila Earthquake of 2009. - 3. Perception of the Self-Exposure to Geohazards in the Italian Coastal Population of the Adriatic Basin. - 4. Urban Transformation, Collective Memory, and Disaster Preparedness: A Case from Turkey. - 5. Perceptions and Practices of Disaster Governance in Countries with Long History of Centralized Administration: A Case Study of Balikesir Municipalities, Turkey. - 6. Reducing the Risk from Asbestos in the Built Environment During Natural Hazard Events. - Part II Climate Change Perspectives. - 7. Communicating Weather Risk in the Twenty-First Century: Approaches Using Video Games and Virtual Reality. - 8. Assessing Coastal Flood Impact on Buildings: A Climate Change Perspective from the Developing Nation. - 9. Coping with Disasters: What Place Names Can Tell Us About Anthropocene and Climate Change. - 10. Climate Change and the Rising Disaster Risk in Africa. - 11. Water and Geohazards in Lower Casamance: Risk Perception and Prevention Strategies of the Populations in the Baïla Marigot Basin (Casamance, Senegal). - 12. The Risk of Marine Erosion in Tunisian Beaches: A Retrospective Reading for a Prospective Vision. - 13. African Indigenous Understanding of Climate Change and Disaster Risk Nexus. - Part III Resilience and Disaster Preparedness. - 14. Building Resilience in Times of New Global Challenges: A Focus on Six Main Attributes. - 15. Community Resilience Through Recovery: Capacity Building and Sustainability. - 16. Community Resilience Through Local Action: AKAH's Winter Preparedness and Avalanche Readiness Programme. -