Hydro-Meteorological Hazards, Risks, and Disasters

Hydro-Meteorological Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, a book in Elsevier’s Natural Hazards and Disasters Series, covers hazards and disasters related to the Earth’s atmosphere and solar system.

Paolo Paron (Author)

9780123948465

Hardback, published 11 November 2014

312 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.3 cm, 0.59 kg

Hydro-Meteorological Hazards, Risks, and Disasters provides an integrated look at major atmospheric disasters that have had and continue to have major implications for many of the world’s people, such as floods and droughts. . This volume takes a geoscientific approach to the topic, while also covering current thinking about some directly relevant social scientific issues that can affect lives and property. Hydro-Meteorological Hazards, Risks, and Disasters also contains new insights about how climate change affects hazardous processes. For the first time, information on the many diverse topics relevant to professionals is aggregated into one volume.

SECTION I: FLOODS AND STORMS1. Flood processes2. Measuring and mapping flood processes3. Palaeoflood hydrology: Reconstructing rare events and extreme flood discharges4. Global and low-cost topographic data to support flood studies5. Water related vulnerability, exposure, economic losses6. Integrated risk assessment of water related processes7. The benefits of risk prevention: Application of the KULTURisk methodology (Barcelonnette, Ubaye Valley, France)8. Training material on flood modelling and risk assessment

Subject Areas: Natural disasters [RNR], Meteorology & climatology [RBP], Hydrology & the hydrosphere [RBK]