Overview

Storms are fundamental to life on earth, but their impacts on society and the environment are not always welcome. They bring rain to sustain life, but in extremes, this rain can have a huge detrimental affect on lives by destroying homes, livelihoods, food supplies, communications and, in the worst cases, by taking lives. As a result of these impacts, societies around the world have sought to reduce their vulnerability to storms, through different levels of planning and legislation. However, sometimes these societal responses to storm impacts can serve to exacerbate vulnerability. This broad spectrum of events, vulnerability and responses provides a rich body of theory and experience from which future decision-makers might learn from. Storms explores the important themes in that spectrum through a collection of papers from leading worldwide academics in the field, arranged into sections devoted to Storm Science and Vulnerability, Tropical Cyclones, Extratropical Cyclones, Mesocale Convective Systems and Other Storms. Detailed accounts of storms and their implications include incidents in USA, Canada, Cuba, Australia, India, Russia, Vietnam, Brazil and Mexico. This is a definitive collection of both newly-written and previously-published material which provides a broad-reaching and thought-provoking account of storms and their environmental and societal impact.

Full Product Details

Author:   Roger A. Peilke Jnr. ,  Roger A. Peilke Snr.
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 18.90cm , Height: 6.40cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   2.608kg
ISBN:  

9780415172394

ISBN 10:   041517239
Pages:   960
Publication Date:   16 December 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Mixed media product
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

This work covers: Storm Science and Societal Vulnerability; Tropical Cyclones; Extratropical Cyclones; Mesocale Convective Systems; Other Storms such as South Asian Monsoons and Polar Lows

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'the two volumes of Storms present an up-to-date collection of information available nowhere else without a vast amount of research through the world of scientific and technical literature.' - Peter Rogers, Asian Disaster Management News 'The present volumes are printed on paper of high quality, the type is clear, the diagrams and photographs well presented.....The editors indeed deserve our congratulations' - Peter Rogers, Asian Disaster Management News '...will become a work of reference for many years to come' - Journal of Meteorology

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