Large-Scale Disasters: Prediction, Control, and MitigationMohamed Gad-el-Hak Cambridge University Press, 2008 M06 23 '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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... equations, but exact solutions of these often nonlinear differential equations are impossible to obtain, particulary for turbulent flows, and heuristic models together with intensive use of supercomputers are necessary to proceed to a ...
... equations, but exact solutions of these often nonlinear differential equations are impossible to obtain, particulary for turbulent flows, and heuristic models together with intensive use of supercomputers are necessary to proceed to a ...
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... equations can be formulated . Predictions can then be made to different degrees of success using heuristic models , empirical observations , and giant computers . Once formed , the path and intensity of a hurricane , for example , can ...
... equations can be formulated . Predictions can then be made to different degrees of success using heuristic models , empirical observations , and giant computers . Once formed , the path and intensity of a hurricane , for example , can ...
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... equations with an appropriate number of initial and boundary conditions. Integrating those field equations leads to the time evolution, or the dynamics, of the disaster. In principle, marching from the present (initial conditions) to ...
... equations with an appropriate number of initial and boundary conditions. Integrating those field equations leads to the time evolution, or the dynamics, of the disaster. In principle, marching from the present (initial conditions) to ...
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... equations for transport, which are basically statements of the conservation of mass, momentum, and energy, in a certain form. The resulting equations and their eventual analytical or numerical solutions are only valid under those ...
... equations for transport, which are basically statements of the conservation of mass, momentum, and energy, in a certain form. The resulting equations and their eventual analytical or numerical solutions are only valid under those ...
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... equations therefore cover a broad range of situa- tions , the exception being flows with spatial scales that are not ... equations Equations ( 2.1 ) , ( 2.2 ) , and ( 2.3 ) constitute five differential equations for the seventeen ...
... equations therefore cover a broad range of situa- tions , the exception being flows with spatial scales that are not ... equations Equations ( 2.1 ) , ( 2.2 ) , and ( 2.3 ) constitute five differential equations for the seventeen ...
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