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Hydro-Meteorological Hazards, Risks, and Disasters
A state of-the-art presentation of the pure and applied research done on Hydro-meteorological Hazards, Risks and Disasters
Paolo Paron (Author), John F. Shroder (Editor-in-chief), Giuliano Di Baldassarre (Edited by)
9780128191019, Elsevier Science
Paperback, published 22 August 2023
298 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2 cm, 0.502 kg
Hydro-Meteorological Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, 2e, provides an integrated look at the major disasters that have had, and continue to have, major implications for many of the world’s people, such as floods and droughts. This new edition takes a geoscientific approach to the topic, while also covering current thinking about some scientific issues that are socially relevant and can directly affect human lives and assets. This new edition showcases both academic and applied research conducted in developed and developing countries, allowing readers to see the most updated flood and drought modeling research and their applications in the real world, including for humanitarian emergency purposes. Hydro-Meteorological Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, 2e, 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. It is a valuable reference to researchers, graduates, scientists, physical geographers, urban planners, landscape architects, and other people who work on the build environments of the world.
Section I - Floods 1. Flood Processes and Hazards 2. Palaeoflood Hydrology: Reconstructing Rare Events and Extreme Flood Discharges 3. Global and Low-Cost Topographic Data to Support Flood Studies 4. Vulnerability and Exposure in Developed and Developing Countries: Large-Scale Assessments 5. Integrated Risk Assessment of Water-Related Disasters 6. KULTURisk Methodology Application: Ubaye Valley (Barcelonnette, France) 7. Floods and Storms Practical Exercises 8. Rapid Onset Shocks: the importance of understanding impacts of flood disasters Section II - Droughts 9. Drought Monitoring and Assessment: Remote Sensing and Modeling Approaches for the Famine Early Warning Systems Network 10. Hydrological Modeling for Drought Assessment 11. Drought and water shortages in Mbale, Uganda 12. Web-based disaster risk management system 13. Integrating social science methods into drought risk studies
Subject Areas: Natural disasters [RNR], Meteorology & climatology [RBP], Hydrology & the hydrosphere [RBK]
