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Synopsis
This book provides a comprehensive treatment of hydrologic aspects of a range of natural disasters, encompassing climatic disasters, disasters on the land surface, geologic disasters, and land-ocean interaction. The chapters contained in the book are written by leading scientists from around the world, who have long been at the forefront of research in the area of disaster modeling.
A complete understanding of the hydrology of these disasters is vital for developing effective means for their prevention or mitigation.
The book will be useful to faculty members and graduate students, research engineers and scientists, as well as those engaged in disaster prevention and mitigation. It will be of special value to the UN organizations in the assessment of their disaster prevention and mitigation programs.
Booknews
Intended for graduate students, research engineers, and scientists, as well as those involved in disaster prevention and mitigation, this volume provides a comprehensive treatment of hydrologic aspects of a range of natural disasters including climatic disasters, disasters on the land surface, geologic disasters, and land-ocean interaction. The 13 chapters include a brief perspective on natural disasters followed by chapters covering extreme wind; climate change and its relation to hydrological disasters; design of flood-control works based on statistical methods; dam-breach floods; the physical processes present in and modeling of droughts; the physical processes initiating a debris flow; land slides; land subsidence; salt water intrusion; avalanche dynamics; volcanos; and earthquakes. Abundant b&w maps and diagrams. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.