Large-scale disasters

Large-scale disasters: prediction, control, and mitigation

by Gad-el-Hak, Mohamed

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Large-scale disasters : prediction, control, and mitigation / edited by Mohamed Gad-el-Hak.

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2008.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 v. (XXIII-576 p.) : : illustrations ; : 26 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780521872935, 0521872936
  • oclc:ocn470855973
  • LC Classification:GB5014
  • Dewey Decimal:550.043

Table of Contents

1. Introduction / Mohamed Gad-el-Hak -- 2. The art and science of large-scale disasters / Mohamed Gad-el-Hak -- 3. Multiscale modeling for large-scale disaster applications / Ramana M. Pidaparti -- 4. Addresssing the root causes of large-scale disasters / Ilan Kelman -- 5. Issues in disaster relief logistics / Nezih Altay -- 6. Large-scale disasters: perspectives on medical response / Jehan Elkholy and Mostafa Gad-el-Hak -- 7. Augmentation of health care capacity in large-scale disasters / Atef M. Radwan -- 8. Energy, climate change, and how to avoid a manmade disaster / Ahmed F. Ghoniem -- 9. Seawater agriculture for energy, warming, food, land, and water / Dennis M. Bushnell -- 10. Natural and anthropogenic aerosol-related hazards affecting megacities / Hesham El-Askary and Menas Kafatos -- 11. Tsunamis: manifestation and aftermath / Harindra J.S. Fernando [et autres]

12. Intermediate-scale dynamics of the upper troposphere and stratosphere / James J. Riley -- 13. Coupled weather-chemistry modeling / Georg A. Grell -- 14. Seasonal-to-decadal prediction using climate models: successes and challenges / Ramalingam Saravanan -- 15. Climate change and related disasters / Ashraf S. Z…

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Subjects

Catastrophes naturelles Catastrophes naturelles -- Évaluation d… Catastrophes naturelles -- Systèmes d'a… Évaluation du risque Hazardous geographic environments -- Ri… Milieux géographiques dangereux -- Éval… Natural disaster warning systems Natural disasters Natural disasters -- Risk assessment

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Gad-el-Hak, Mohamed

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