TY - BOOK ID - 7987306 TI - Institutional partnerships in multi-hazard early warning systems : a compilation of seven national good practices and guiding principles PY - 2012 SN - 3642253725 9786613939319 3642253733 1283626861 PB - Berlin ; New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Climatic changes -- Effect of human beings on -- Developing countries. KW - Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- Developing countries. KW - Urban health -- Developing countries. KW - Urban poor -- Developing countries. KW - Geography KW - Earth & Environmental Sciences KW - Meteorology & Climatology KW - Physical Geography KW - Natural disaster warning systems. KW - Emergency management. KW - Consequence management (Emergency management) KW - Disaster planning KW - Disaster preparedness KW - Disaster prevention KW - Disaster relief KW - Disasters KW - Emergencies KW - Emergency planning KW - Emergency preparedness KW - Disaster warning systems, Natural KW - Warning systems, Natural disaster KW - Management KW - Planning KW - Preparedness KW - Prevention KW - Earth sciences. KW - Meteorology. KW - Natural disasters. KW - Atmospheric sciences. KW - Earth Sciences. KW - Atmospheric Sciences. KW - Natural Hazards. KW - Public safety KW - First responders KW - Emergency communication systems KW - Geology. KW - Geognosy KW - Geoscience KW - Earth sciences KW - Natural history KW - Aerology KW - Atmospheric science KW - Natural calamities KW - Atmospheric sciences KW - Atmosphere UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7987306 AB - This book documents seven examples of Early Warning Systems for hydrometeorological and other hazards that have proven effective in reducing losses due to these hazards. The cases studied encompass a variety of climatic regimes and stages of economic development, raging across the industrialized countries of Germany, France, Japan and the United States, to Bangladesh, the island nation of Cuba and the mega-city of Shanghai. Demonstrated characteristics of these exemplary cases are synthesized into ten guiding principles for successful early warning systems that will, it is hoped, prove useful to countries seeking to develop or strengthen such systems within their own borders. ER -