Large-Scale Disasters: Prediction, Control, and MitigationMohamed Gad-el-Hak 'Extreme' events - including climatic events, such as hurricanes, tornadoes, drought - can cause massive disruption to society, including large death tolls and property damage in the billions of dollars. Events in recent years have shown the importance of being prepared and that countries need to work together to help alleviate the resulting pain and suffering. This volume presents an integrated review of the broad research field of large-scale disasters. It establishes a common framework for predicting, controlling and managing both manmade and natural disasters. There is a particular focus on events caused by weather and climate change. Other topics include air pollution, tsunamis, disaster modeling, the use of remote sensing and the logistics of disaster management. It will appeal to scientists, engineers, first responders and health-care professionals, in addition to graduate students and researchers who have an interest in the prediction, prevention or mitigation of large-scale disasters. |
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... forecast. In other cases, such as earthquakes, the precise laws are not even known, and prediction becomes more or less a black art. Management of any type of disaster is more art than science. Nevertheless, much can be done to ...
... forecast. In other cases, such as earthquakes, the precise laws are not even known, and prediction becomes more or less a black art. Management of any type of disaster is more art than science. Nevertheless, much can be done to ...
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... forecast. The degree of success in answering these and similar questions varies dramatically. Once formed, the course and intensity of a hurricane (tropical cyclone), which typically lasts from inception to dissipation for a few weeks ...
... forecast. The degree of success in answering these and similar questions varies dramatically. Once formed, the course and intensity of a hurricane (tropical cyclone), which typically lasts from inception to dissipation for a few weeks ...
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... forecast. However, the first principles equations are typically impossible to solve analytically, particularly if the fluid flow is tur- bulent, which unfortunately is the norm for the high Reynolds number flows encountered in the ...
... forecast. However, the first principles equations are typically impossible to solve analytically, particularly if the fluid flow is tur- bulent, which unfortunately is the norm for the high Reynolds number flows encountered in the ...
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... forecast. Based on data taken at 7:00 am, 20 May 1910, he made a 6-hour “forecast” that took him 6 weeks to compute using a slide rule. The belated results2 were totally wrong as well! In his remarkable book, Richardson (1922) wrote ...
... forecast. Based on data taken at 7:00 am, 20 May 1910, he made a 6-hour “forecast” that took him 6 weeks to compute using a slide rule. The belated results2 were totally wrong as well! In his remarkable book, Richardson (1922) wrote ...
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... forecast's accuracy and extent are continually being made as a result of enhanced understanding of flow physics, increased accuracy and resolution of global measurements, and exponentially expanded computer power. Other types of ...
... forecast's accuracy and extent are continually being made as a result of enhanced understanding of flow physics, increased accuracy and resolution of global measurements, and exponentially expanded computer power. Other types of ...
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