Heads up! : early warning systems for climate, water and weather-related hazards

Author(s)

• Glantz, Michael H.

Bibliographic Information

Heads up! : early warning systems for climate, water and weather-related hazards

edited by Michael H. Glantz

United Nations University Press, c2009

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Heads Up! Provides a useful review of early warning systems in operation today, while exploring a range of hazards including hurricanes, heat waves, floods, droughts, tsunami and volcanoes. With contribution from an international team of scientists, this practical handbook serves as a valuable contribution to our awareness and understanding of the role early warning systems play in disaster avoidance and reduction.

Table of Contents

Contents include 1. Overview of Early Warning Systems 2. Climate-, water- and weather-related hazards 3. Hurricanes, severe winter storms, heat waves, tornadoes, air pollution 4. Floods and Droughts 5. Global Warming 6. Earth Hazards 7. Tsunamis, volcanoes, earthquakes, space weather

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA90409230
• ISBN:
  • 9789280811698
• LCCN: 2009016299
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Tokyo
• Pages/Volumes: xxiii, 195 p.
• Size: 14 × 16 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QC981.8.C5
  • DC22 : 363.34
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Climatic changes -- Forecasting
  • LCSH : Climatic changes -- Forecasting -- Environmental aspects
  • LCSH : Geographic information systems
  • LCSH : Weather forecasting