Hydrology of Disasters: 24 (Water Science and Technology Library, 24) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0792340922 ISBN 13: 9780792340928

Publisher: Springer, 1996

Synopsis

The General Assembly of the United Nations passed a resolution on December 11, 1987, designating the 1990s as the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. This resolution has served as a catalyst in promotion of international cooperation in the field of natural disaster reduction; in initiation of wide-ranging research activities on natural and man-made disasters; in development of tech­ nologies for assessment, prediction, prevention, and mitigation through technical assistance, technology transfer, demonstration projects, and education and training; and in dissemination of information related to measures for assessment, prediction, prevention, and mitigation of natural disasters. Disasters are manifestations of environmental extremes. Depending upon the type of disasters, their occurrence may have short-term andlor long-term detri­ mental environmental consequences. Disasters cannot be prevented altogether, but their impact can be mitigated. This book is an attempt to provide a discussion of hydrological aspects of the various types of natural disasters. It is hoped that others will be stimulated to write more comprehensive texts on this subject of enormous importance.

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Synopsis

Providing a comprehensive treatment of hydrologic aspects of a range of natural disasters, encompassing climatic disasters, disasters on the land surface, geologic disasters, and land-ocean interaction, this work contends that a complete understanding of the hydrology of these disasters is vital for developing effective means for their prevention or mitigation. The book should be useful to faculty members and graduate students, research engineers and scientists, as well as those engaged in disaster prevention and mitigation. It should be of particular interest to the UN organizations in the assessment of their disaster prevention and mitigation programs.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792340922
• ISBN 13: 9780792340928
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 456
• Editor: Singh V.P.