Natural Disasters

✍ Scribed by S. Cheval

Publisher: Intech
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Leaves: 166
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

00 preface_Natural Disasters......Page 1
01 Natural Disaster Management
in the Brazilian Amazon:
An Analysis of the States
of Acre, Amazonas and Pará
......Page 11
02 Using a Human Rights –
Based Approach to Disability in
Disaster Management Initiatives
......Page 31
03 Hurricanes: Catastrophic
Effects and Their Physical Nature
......Page 57
04 Tropical Cyclone Wind-Wave, Storm Surge
and Current in Meteorological Prediction
......Page 75
05 Tropical Storms as Triggers for
Intensified Flooding and Erosion
Processes in Southernmost Mexico
......Page 97
06 Elevation Uncertainty in Coastal
Inundation Hazard Assessments
......Page 131
07 About the Practical
Knowledge to Understand
Snow Avalanches – A Chronology
......Page 151

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