Natural Disaster Hotspots Case Studies

These case studies complement the earlier groundbreaking work of Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis published in April 2005. Three case studies address specific hazards: landslides, storm surges and drought. An additional, three case studies address regional multi-hazard situations in...

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Hauptverfasser:	Arnold, Margaret, Chen, Robert S, Deichmann, Uwe, Dilley, Maxx, Lerner-Lam, Arthur L
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ANNUAL PRECIPITATION ANNUAL RAINFALL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH AVALANCHE AVERAGE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION BASIN CENTRAL AMERICAN CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE DYNAMICS CLIMATE ZONES CLIMATIC ZONES CLIMATOLOGY COAST CYCLONE CYCLONE TRACKS CYCLONES DISASTER DISASTER EVENTS DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION Disasters DROUGHT DROUGHT PERIOD DROUGHT SEVERITY DROUGHTS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FAMINE FLOOD FLOOD HAZARD FLOODING FLOODS GDP GLOBAL SCALE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HURRICANE HURRICANES IMPACTS OF DROUGHT Katastrophe LIVESTOCK MOISTURE NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARDS PRECIPITATION PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES RAIN RAINFALL RECONSTRUCTION RISK ASSESSMENT SNOW SNOWFALL SOIL SOUTH AMERICA STORM STORM SURGES STORMS TEMPERATURE TROPICAL CYCLONES TROPICAL STORMS TSUNAMI TYPHOONS UNEP UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WATER WATER RESOURCES WEATHER
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Zusammenfassung:	These case studies complement the earlier groundbreaking work of Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis published in April 2005. Three case studies address specific hazards: landslides, storm surges and drought. An additional, three case studies address regional multi-hazard situations in Sri Lanka, the Tana River basin in Kenya, and the city of Caracas, Venezuela.
DOI:	10.1596/978-0-8213-6333-1