World Atlas of Natural Disaster Risk

World Atlas of Natural Disaster Risk edited by Peijun Shi, Roger Kasperson.

This is the first English-language atlas to systematically introduce the environment, hazard, vulnerability and risk mapping for 11 natural disasters, i.e. earthquake, volcano, landslide, flood, storm surge, sand-dust storm, tropical cyclone, heat wave, cold wave, drought and wildfire, and risk mapp...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Shi, Peijun (Editor), Kasperson, Roger (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:IHDP/Future Earth-Integrated Risk Governance Project Series,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Natural disasters.
Physical geography.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Mapping Environments and Exposures of the World
  • Mapping Earthquake Risk of the World
  • Mapping Volcano Risk of the World
  • Mapping Landslide Risk of the World
  • Mapping Flood Risk of the World
  • Mapping Storm Surge Risk of the World
  • Mapping Sand-dust Storm Risk of the World
  • Mapping Tropical Cyclone Wind Risk of the World
  • Mapping Heat Wave Risk of the World
  • Mapping Cold Wave Risk of the World
  • Mapping Drought Risk (Maize) of the World
  • Mapping Drought Risk (Wheat) of the World
  • Mapping Drought Risk (Rice) of the World
  • Mapping Forest Wildfire Risk of the World
  • Mapping Grassland Wildfire Risk of the World
  • Mapping Multi-hazard Risk of the World.

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