Large-scale disasters: prediction, control, and mitigation
This volume presents an integrated review of the broad research field of large scale disasters. It establishes a common framework for predicting, controlling and managing both manmade and natural disasters. There is a particular focus on events caused by weather and climate change.
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- Full title :Large-scale disasters : prediction, control, and mitigation / edited by Mohamed Gad-el-Hak.
Summary
This volume presents an integrated review of the broad research field of large scale disasters. It establishes a common framework for predicting, controlling and managing both manmade and natural disasters. There is a particular focus on events caused by weather and climate change.
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- Publication Date:2008.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2008.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 ressource en ligne (xxiii, 576 pages) : : illustrations (en partie en couleur), cartes (principalement en couleur)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780511397165, 051139716X, 0511397933, 9780511397936, 0511398727, 9780511398728, 1281383716, 9781281383716, 0511400519, 9780511400513, 0511396430, 9780511396434
- oclc:on1104454117
- LC Classification:GB5014
- Dewey Decimal:363.34
Table of Contents
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; About the editor; List of contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 The art and science of large-scale disasters; 3 Multiscale modeling for large-scale disaster applications; 4 Addressing the root causes of large-scale disasters; 5 Issues in disaster relief logistics; 6 Large-scale disasters: perspectives on medical response; 7 Augmentation of health care capacity in large-scale disasters; 8 Energy, climate change, and how to avoid a manmade disaster; 9 Seawater agriculture for energy, warming, food, land, and water.
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