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- Title: Hydro-Meteorological Hazards, Risks, and Disasters
- Author : Paolo Paron, Giuliano Di Baldassarre & John F. Shroder
- Release Date : January 28, 2014
- Genre: Nature,Books,Science & Nature,Life Sciences,Earth Sciences,Environment,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 22106 KB
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