Cold Region Hazards and Risks - Softcover

Whiteman, Colin A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470029285 ISBN 13: 9780470029282

Publisher: Wiley, 2011

Synopsis

This is a unique, timely and engaging text with wide ranging geographical coverage. The text brings together, for the first time, information about a vast array of hazards associated with ice and snow, spanning both well known phenomenon (e.g. avalanches) and the less familiar (e.g. river ice jams and ice storms) using, in many cases, material which is rarely seen outside advanced academic research books and journals. The range of ice-related hazards will be introduced and the significance of the current global warming context discussed. Broad physical models of glacial, periglacial and atmospheric cold environments are presented to provide a scientific context for discussion of the human issues of risk, vulnerability impact and mitigation.

Key Features:

• Wide ranging geographical coverage (the Americas, Asia, Australasia, Antarctic & Europe)
• Localised hazards (avalanches, life storms, landslides) contrasted to those with wider reaching effects (arctic ice loss, ice sheet retreat and wide spread permafrost decay)
• Includes the latest developments in the field
• Each chapter includes hazards overview, summery, conclusions, potential projects exercise and key references
• Includes a supplementary website with figures from the text and further references
• Each chapter includes a hazards overview, summary, conclusions, potential projects exercise and key references

About this title

About the Author

Colin A. Whiteman is the author of Cold Region Hazards and Risks, published by Wiley.

From the Back Cover

Cold Region Hazards and Risks is a unique, timely and engaging text with wide ranging geographical coverage. The book brings together information on a vast array of hazards associated with ice and snow, spanning both well-known phenomenon such as avalanches and the less familiar including river ice jams and ice storms.

The book offers a clear and accessible structure with a separate chapter allocated to each hazard, featuring an overview of the hazard and highlighting key physical and human issues. Each chapter will also present a summary and conclusions as well as offering key references, making the book an invaluable resource.

• Discusses the significance of global warming in relation to cold region hazards
• Uses numerous case studies and broad physical models to provide an applied and scientific context
• Wide ranging geographical coverage including material from the Americas, Asia, Australasia, Antarctic and Europe
• Covers the latest developments in the field

The book offers a clear and accessible structure with a separate chapter allocated to each hazard, featuring an overview of the hazard and highlighting key physical and human issues. Each chapter will also present a summary and conclusions as well as offering key references, making the book an invaluable resource.

• Discusses the significance of global warming in relation to cold region hazards
• Uses numerous case studies and broad physical models to provide an applied and scientific context
• Wide ranging geographical coverage including material from the Americas, Asia, Australasia, Antarctic and Europe
• Covers the latest developments in the field

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470029285
• ISBN 13: 9780470029282
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 380