Cold Region Hazards and Risks - Softcover

Whiteman, Colin A.

 
9780470029282: Cold Region Hazards and Risks
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0470029285 ISBN 13: 9780470029282
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

This is a unique, timely and engaging text with wide ranging geographical coverage. The text brings together, for the first time, information about a vast array of hazards associated with ice and snow, spanning both well known phenomenon (e.g. avalanches) and the less familiar (e.g. river ice jams and ice storms) using, in many cases, material which is rarely seen outside advanced academic research books and journals. The range of ice-related hazards will be introduced and the significance of the current global warming context discussed. Broad physical models of glacial, periglacial and atmospheric cold environments are presented to provide a scientific context for discussion of the human issues of risk, vulnerability impact and mitigation.

Key Features:

  • Wide ranging geographical coverage (the Americas, Asia, Australasia, Antarctic & Europe)
  • Localised hazards (avalanches, life storms, landslides) contrasted to those with wider reaching effects (arctic ice loss, ice sheet retreat and wide spread permafrost decay)
  • Includes the latest developments in the field
  • Each chapter includes hazards overview, summery, conclusions, potential projects exercise and key references
  • Includes a supplementary website with figures from the text and further references
  • Each chapter includes a hazards overview, summary, conclusions, potential projects exercise and key references

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Colin A. Whiteman is the author of Cold Region Hazards and Risks, published by Wiley.

Von der hinteren Coverseite

Cold Region Hazards and Risks is a unique, timely and engaging text with wide ranging geographical coverage. The book brings together information on a vast array of hazards associated with ice and snow, spanning both well-known phenomenon such as avalanches and the less familiar including river ice jams and ice storms.

The book offers a clear and accessible structure with a separate chapter allocated to each hazard, featuring an overview of the hazard and highlighting key physical and human issues. Each chapter will also present a summary and conclusions as well as offering key references, making the book an invaluable resource.

  • Discusses the significance of global warming in relation to cold region hazards
  • Uses numerous case studies and broad physical models to provide an applied and scientific context
  • Wide ranging geographical coverage including material from the Americas, Asia, Australasia, Antarctic and Europe
  • Covers the latest developments in the field

Aus dem Klappentext

Cold Region Hazards and Risks is a unique, timely and engaging text with wide ranging geographical coverage. The book brings together information on a vast array of hazards associated with ice and snow, spanning both well-known phenomenon such as avalanches and the less familiar including river ice jams and ice storms.

The book offers a clear and accessible structure with a separate chapter allocated to each hazard, featuring an overview of the hazard and highlighting key physical and human issues. Each chapter will also present a summary and conclusions as well as offering key references, making the book an invaluable resource.

  • Discusses the significance of global warming in relation to cold region hazards
  • Uses numerous case studies and broad physical models to provide an applied and scientific context
  • Wide ranging geographical coverage including material from the Americas, Asia, Australasia, Antarctic and Europe
  • Covers the latest developments in the field

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Verlag
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0470029285
ISBN 13 
9780470029282
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
380
Kontakt zum Hersteller
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Verantwortliche Person
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