Mission
Earthscan joined the Taylor & Francis group in April 2011.
Items: 40
Half of the world’s people live in urban areas, and roughly a third of these live in desperate poverty without access to basic amenities.
Taking a comparative look at cities in Africa, Asia and Latin America, the book examines: the changing nature of urban environmental risks; the rules governing the distribution of such risks and their differential impact; how the risks arise and w
This book demonstrates that strengthening local capacity - through appropriate housing, disaster-preparedness, infrastructure and livelihoods -is crucial to improving civic resilience to disasters.
The Challenge of Slums presents the first global assessment of slums, emphasizing their problems and prospects.
Global Environment Outlook 3 (GEO-3) - the flagship report on the state of the global environment of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - comes 10 years after the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and 30 years after the Stoc
This book takes stock of the distinctive challenges posed by global environmental risks, the capacity of knowledge systems to identify and characterize such risks, and the competence of human society to manage the unprecedented complexity.
This atlas condenses the history, causes, dangers and scientific background into powerful easy-to-read maps, graphics and tables. Today’s headlines and recent events reflect the seriousness of climate change.
With the tragedy of New Orleans still on the focus of the world’s media, this highly topical book combines rigorous analysis of the human health impacts of flooding with an appraisal of individual and societal response to those risks, and sets the
Voluntary Commitments
The organization has no registered commitments.
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.
Contact information
Fax:
+44 2079220399