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Hydro-Meteorological Hazards, Risks, and Disasters

By John F. Shroder , Giuliano Di Baldassarre , Paolo Paron

Book information

Publisher
Elsevier
Year
2014
ISBN
0123948460, 9780123948465
DOI
10.1016/B978-0-12-394846-5.00001-1
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
27 MB (28767326 bytes)
Series
Hazards and Disasters Series
Edition
1
Pages
312\289
Time added
2015-07-18 18:00:00
Науки о Земле;Метеорология и климатология

Description

Hydro-Meteorological Hazards, Risks, and Disasters provides an integrated look at major atmospheric disasters that have had and continue to have major implications for many of the world’s people, such as floods and droughts. . This volume takes a geoscientific approach to the topic, while also covering current thinking about some directly relevant social scientific issues that can affect lives and property. Hydro-Meteorological Hazards, Risks, and Disasters also contains new insights about how climate change affects hazardous processes. For the first time, information on the many diverse topics relevant to professionals is aggregated into one volume. Contains contributions from experts in the field selected by a world-renowned editorial boardCutting-edge discussion of natural hazard topics that affect the lives and livelihoods of millions of humans worldwideNumerous full-color tables, GIS maps, diagrams, illustrations, and photographs of hazardous processes in action

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