Coastal and marine hazards, risks, and disasters
by Ellis, Jean T. Sherman, Douglas Joel
Sea and Ocean Hazards, Risks and Disasters provides a scientific approach to those hazards and disasters related to the Earth's coasts and oceans. This is the first book to integrate scientific, social, and economic issues related to disasters such as hazard identification, risk analysis, and planning, relevant hazard process mechanics, discussions of preparedness, response, and recovery, and the economics of loss and remediation. Throughout the book cases studies are presented of historically …
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- Full title :Coastal and marine hazards, risks, and disasters / edited by Jean T. Ellis, Douglas J. Sherman.
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Sea and Ocean Hazards, Risks and Disasters provides a scientific approach to those hazards and disasters related to the Earth's coasts and oceans. This is the first book to integrate scientific, social, and economic issues related to disasters such as hazard identification, risk analysis, and planning, relevant hazard process mechanics, discussions of preparedness, response, and recovery, and the economics of loss and remediation. Throughout the book cases studies are presented of historically relevant hazards and disasters as well as the many recent catastrophes. Contains contributions from.
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- Publication Date:©2015
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- Publisher(s):Elsevier
- Place of Publication:Amsterdam
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2015
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- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780123965387, 0123965381
- oclc:ocn895661763
- LC Classification:GB451.2
- Dewey Decimal:551.457
Table of Contents
FrontCover; Coastal and MarineHazards, Risks, and Disasters; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; EditorialForeword; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 GEOPHYSICAL HAZARDS; 1.4 CONCLUSIONS; 2.3 DEVELOPMENTS SINCE THE 2004 BOXING DAY TSUNAMI; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; 3.3 FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; 5.3 SAND BEACH RIDGE PLAINS; 5.7 SAND SPLAYS; 5.8 WASHOVER DEPOSITS; 5.9 PREHISTORIC TC INTENSITY; 5.10 GAPS IN CHRONOLOGY; 5.11 DERIVING ROBUST RETURN PERIODS FROM PALAEOSTORM DEPOSITS; 5.12 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 6 -- Storm Surge Warning, Mitigation, and Adaptation; REFERENCES; REFERENCES.
7.3 THE CASE OF HAMBURG AND THE ELBE ESTUARY27.5 CONCLUDING REMARKS; Chapter 8 -- Sea-Level Rise: Causes, Impacts, and Scenarios for Change; 8.3 HUMAN LINKS AND DRIVERS: IMPACTS OF SLCS ON PEOPLE; 8.5 CONCLUSIONS, GLOBAL WARMING, AND FUTURE SEA LEVELS; Chapter 9 -- Adapting to Sea Level Rise; 9.3 GLOBAL-MEAN AND RSLR; 9.9 DISCUSSION/CONCLUSIONS; 10.3 MORPHOLOGIC RESPONSE OF BARRIER ISLANDS TO STORM IMPACT; 10.5 SUMMARY; 11.3 IMPACT OF EXTREME WAVES ON THE COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; 11.5 CONCLUSION; 12.3 RIP CURRENT OCCURRENCE, TYPE AND IDENTIFICATION.
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