Extreme Natural Hazards, Disaster Risks and Societal Implications (Hardcover)

This book presents a unique, interdisciplinary approach to disaster risk research, combining cutting-edge natural science and social science methodologies. Bringing together leading scientists, policy makers and practitioners from around the world, it presents the risks of global hazards such as volcanoes, seismic events, landslides, hurricanes, precipitation floods and space weather, and provides real-world hazard case studies from Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific region. Avoiding complex mathematics, the authors provide insight into topics such as the vulnerability of society, disaster risk reduction policy, relations between disaster policy and climate change, adaptation to hazards, and (re)insurance approaches to extreme events. This is a key resource for academic researchers and graduate students in a wide range of disciplines linked to hazard and risk studies, including geophysics, volcanology, hydrology, atmospheric science, geomorphology, oceanography and remote sensing, and for professionals and policy makers working in disaster prevention and mitigation.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Special Publications of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
Release date:	April 2014
First published:	April 2014
Editors:	Alik Ismail-Zadeh • Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi • Andrzej Kijko • Kuniyoshi Takeuchi • Ilya Zaliapin
Dimensions:	282 x 223 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	413
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-03386-3
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental impact of natural disasters & phenomena
LSN:	1-107-03386-1
Barcode:	9781107033863

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