Hydrometeorological hazards: interfacing science and policy/ edited by Philippe Quevauviller
Material type: TextSeries: Hydrometeorological extreme eventsPublication details: Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell, 2014Description: xvii, 328 pISBN: 1118629574Subject(s): Hydrometeorology | Hydrodynamic weather forecasting | Drought management | Climatic changes | Flood control | Climatic changes--Government policyDDC classification: 363.3492Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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363.349 DAV/L Landslide hazards risks and disasters/ | 363.3492 BOU/D Disaster management of human resources/ | 363.3492 FAV/E Environmental Apocalypse in Science and Art/ | 363.3492 QUE/H Hydrometeorological hazards: interfacing science and policy/ | 363.3492 TAL/C Cyclone disaster management/ | 363.34929 YHI/N Natural disasters: droughts/ | 363.3492909 HEA/D Drought and the human Story: Braving the bull of heaven/ |
part 1 :Setting the scene
1.1 strengthened resilience from historic experience European societies confronted with hydrometers in the sixteen to twentieth centuries
1.2 Current understanding of climate change impact on extreme events
1.3 Features common to different meteorological events and knowledge integration
1.4 Science and policy interfacing
Part 2 :policy setting
2.1 when science meets policy :Enhancing governance and management of disaster risk
2.2 Hydrometerological extremes and the sscience policy interface :IPCC
2.3 A snapshot of EU and international policies relevant to hydrometerological events
Part 3 :Outline of scientific features
3.1 Hydoinformation and its role in flood management
3.2 Drought :How to be prepared for the hazard
3.3 Drough in the light of climet change in the mediterranean area
3.4 Prediction of strom impacts on beach and dune systems
part 4 Social and economic considerations
4.1 Assessing the cost of nature hazards state of the art and the way forward
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