Hydro-meteorological hazards, risks, and disasters
"Hydro-Meteorological Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, 2e, provides an integrated look at the major disasters that have had, and continue to have, major implications for many of the world’s people, such as floods and droughts. This new edition takes a geoscientific approach to the topic, while al...
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| Médium: | Kniha |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Kidlington, Oxford, United Kingdom ; Cambridge, MA, United States :
Elsevier,
2023
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| Edice: | Hazards and disasters series
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| Žánr/forma: | kolektivní monografie |
| ISBN: | 978-0-12-819101-9 978-0-12-819102-6 |
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| Shrnutí: | "Hydro-Meteorological Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, 2e, provides an integrated look at the major disasters that have had, and continue to have, major implications for many of the world’s people, such as floods and droughts. This new edition takes a geoscientific approach to the topic, while also covering current thinking about some scientific issues that are socially relevant and can directly affect human lives and assets. This new edition showcases both academic and applied research conducted in developed and developing countries, allowing readers to see the most updated flood and drought modeling research and their applications in the real world, including for humanitarian emergency purposes. 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. It is a valuable reference to researchers, graduates, scientists, physical geographers, urban planners, landscape architects, and other people who work on the build environments of the world. Cutting-edge discussion of natural hazard topics that affect the lives and livelihoods of millions of people worldwide. Includes numerous full-color tables, GIS maps, diagrams, illustrations, and photographs of hazardous process in action. Provides case studies of prominent hydro-meteorological hazards and disasters. Readership: Researchers and graduates in Atmospheric science, Hydrology, Geology, Climate Change, Natural Hazards, Ocean scientists, physical geographers, urban planners, landscape architects, and other people who work on the built environments of the world."--Nakladatelská anotace |
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| Fyzický popis: | xv, 369 stran : ilustrace, mapy ; 23 cm |
| Bibliografie: | Obsahuje bibliografie a rejstřík |
| Vydání: | Second edition |