The Nature of Extreme Events

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4665-0305-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

Natural hazards—floods, droughts, earthquakes, tsunamis or cyclones, hurricanes and tornadoes—have extraordinary impacts on the physical environment, plant and animal life, and on human communities. This book examines the nature of extreme events, what they are, the effects they have on natural and man-made systems, the implications for the future, and how extreme events—in the face of direct and indirect impacts of climate change—interact with the natural world and with people.

Zielgruppe

Environmental Scientists, Managers, and Engineers; Ecologists, Climate Change Scientists, and Professionals; Agronomists; Emergency Managers, Marine Scientists; Risk Analysts; Geographers; and Geologists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Masters, Greg

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umwelttechnik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Extreme Events. Climate change as an extreme event. Impacts on nature (terrestrial, freshwater and marine). Impacts on man. The future.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Greg Master is a director of the consultancy firm Ecological Conscience and acts as a climate change specialist with Dent Associates (U.K.), providing services to business and government in international trade and development, with a particular emphasis on science, innovation and technology transfer and climate change adaptation. Work has included climate change and business development (with Dent Associates), biofuels (India), sustainable development (India) and ecological assessment/ restoration (Argoncroft Ltd).