04021nam a22004214u 450000100220000000300060002200500170002800700150004500800410006002000300010102400310013104100080016224501820017025000060035226000160035826400160037430000120039033600260040233700260042833800360045434700210049034700080051152022870051965000250280665000290283165000380286065302120289870000230311070000280313370000230316170000230318470000230320770000250323077600360325585600640329185601020335585601420345710.1002/9781394167463Wiley20251030120319.0cr nn 008mam|a240510t2024||||xxu    fs|   |0|| 0|eng||  a9781394167463qelectronic7 a10.1002/97813941674632doi  aeng00aDisaster Management and Environmental Sustainabilityh[electronic resource]cEdited by Sanjay Kumar, Suraj Kumar Singh, Shruti Kanga, Gowhar Meraj, Majid Farooq, M. S. Nathawat.  a1  bWileyc2024 1bWileyc2024  a304pp.;  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext file2rdaft  bPDF  aOveruse of natural resources results in environmental deterioration, lowering the effectiveness of important ecosystem services, such as the mitigation of floods and landslides. This leads to a greater risk of disaster and, in turn, natural hazards that can further deteriorate the environment. The deterioration of the capacity of the environment to meet social and ecological aims and demands is described as environmental degradation. This degradation and the concomitant reduction of ecosystems and their irreplaceable services (the benefits humans gain) are driving disaster risk. Changes to the environment can alter the frequency and intensity of risks, as well as our exposure and sensitivity to these hazards. Addressing these issues requires improvement of the capacity to perform short and medium-term operations in disaster management based on long-term environmental considerations. At the local level, minimizing environmental degradation and ecosystem loss involves awareness of the links between unsustainable development and poverty. Communities are often driven to ruin their natural environment as a short-term coping mechanism for dealing with immediate issues; for instance, surviving a bad harvest by selling wood. Strategies for decreasing poverty by investing in environment-sensitive development should therefore support initiatives to minimize disaster risk and build resilience. There are common aspects in successful policies throughout various regions at the policy level, which extends to controlling climate change. Tools such as integrated water resources and coastal zone management, the removal of environmentally harmful subsidies, especially on fossil fuels and/or carbon taxes, renewable energy, marine protected areas, and cross-boundary biodiversity conservation, are all examples of policies used in more than one region but customized to each context. This scoping study finds and assesses available materials that relate environmental challenges and management with catastrophes and risk reduction activities in the Asia-Pacific area. This volume's analysis relies on case studies, examples, and the results of questionnaires and interviews of practitioners and organizations operating in the environment, disaster, and development domains. 4aEmergency Management 4aEnvironmental Geoscience 4aEcotoxicology & Pollution Science00aDisaster; Remote Sensing; GIS; Risk Management; Mapping; Shortfall; Ground Water; FAR; Social Upliftment; Satellite Imagery; Water Use; Household Consumption Pattern; Water Supply; Drivers; Population Growth1 aKumar, Sanjay4edt1 aSingh, Suraj Kumar4edt1 aKanga, Shruti4edt1 aMeraj, Gowhar4edt1 aFarooq, Majid4edt1 aNathawat, M. S.4edt08iPrinted edition:z978139416635040uhttps://doi.org/10.1002/9781394167463aWiley Online Library40uhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/showBook?doi=10.1002%2F9781394167463aWiley Online Library423Cover Imageuhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/cms/asset/7d5f30fc-c4ee-4780-abc4-8029b7294f04/9781394167463.cover.gifaWiley Online Library