Coping with Flash Floods (NATO Science Partnership Sub-Series:...

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 340 pages
• Published by: Springer
• Edition: 1st Edition October 26, 2007
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0792368266
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0792368267
• Book Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Weighs: 1.2 pounds

Product Description
The four parts of this book - The Problem, Managing the Problem (Mitigation), Managing the Problem (Warnings and Technology), and Related Hazards - is a collaborative effort across different boundaries and disciplines, identifying key challenges, areas of progress and opportunities. The book emphasises that it is the social science links that need most attention, viz., research on warnings, warning response and risk communication. Further, the work must be seen in the context of sustainable policies, so that economic growth is not compromised and a longer term outlook is adopted.

Book Info
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Coping with Flash Floods, held in Ravello, Italy, November 8-17, 1999. Coverage includes definitions and variabilities of the problems of flash flooding, management and mitigation of those problems, and related hazards. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.