Hydro-Meteorological Hazards, Risks, and Disasters
Paolo Paron, Giuliano Di Baldassarre, John F. ShroderHydro-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 board
- Cutting-edge discussion of natural hazard topics that affect the lives and livelihoods of millions of humans worldwide
- Numerous full-color tables, GIS maps, diagrams, illustrations, and photographs of hazardous processes in action
Năm:
2014
In lần thứ:
1
Nhà xuát bản:
Elsevier
Ngôn ngữ:
english
Trang:
312
ISBN 10:
0123948460
ISBN 13:
9780123948465
Loạt:
Hazards and Disasters Series
File:
PDF, 27.43 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2014