Environmental hazards methodologies for risk assessment and management

✍ Scribed by Dalezios, Nicolas R

Publisher: IWA
Year: 2017
Tongue: English
Leaves: 560
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Content: Environmental Hazards Concepts
Risk Assessment and Management
Hydrometeorological Hazards Methodologies: Storms
Floods
Droughts
Land Desertification
Biophysical Hazards Methodologies: Frost and Heatwaves
Climatic Hazards and Health
Forest and Grassland Fires
Geophysical Hazards Methodologies : Geological Hazards
Tectonic Hazards: Earthquakes
Tectonic Hazards: Volcanoes
Technological Hazards
Epilogue: Climate Change and Climate Extremes
Hazards Information Management and Services

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