| |
This book highlights the essential theoretical and practical aspects of lightning, lightning protection, safety and education. Additionally, several auxiliary topics that are required to understand the core themes are also included. The main objective of the contents is...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2021-08-13
Collection :
Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
|
This book aims, through its chapters, at providing the knowledge to make competent decisions, convince peers or top management to take appropriate action, or beat out the competition for climate adaptation measures including adjustments for design and operations. Topics...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2021-06-14
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
|
Recurring extreme events of nature challenge disaster-prone settlements in complex ways. Devastating property damages are one of the tests of survival for such settlements in both economic and social terms. It also provides unique opportunities to rethink the...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2021-05-31
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
|
Earth Observation for Flood Applications: Progress and Perspectives describes the latest scientific advances inEarth Observation. With recent floods around the world becoming ever more devastating, there is a need for better science enabling more effective solutions at...
Editeur : Elsevier
Parution : 2021-05-21
Format(s) : epub sans DRM
|
Climate Change: Observed Impacts on Planet Earth, Third Edition, brings together top global researchers across many disciplines to provide a comprehensive review on the complex issue of climate change and weather patterns. The third edition continues its tradition of...
Editeur : Elsevier
Parution : 2021-02-26
Format(s) : epub sans DRM
|
This book is a part of ICL new book series “ICL Contribution to Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction” founded in 2019. Peer-reviewed papers submitted to the Fifth World Landslide Forum were published in six volumes of this book series.This book contains the...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2020-12-22
Collection :
ICL Contribution to Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
|
This book is a part of ICL new book series “ICL Contribution to Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction” founded in 2019. Peer-reviewed papers submitted to the Fifth World Landslide Forum were published in six volumes of this book series.This book contains the...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2020-12-22
Collection :
ICL Contribution to Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
|
This book is a part of ICL new book series “ICL Contribution to Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction” founded in 2019. Peer-reviewed papers submitted to the Fifth World Landslide Forum were published in six volumes of this book series.This book contains the...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2020-12-21
Collection :
ICL Contribution to Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
|
This book is a part of ICL new book series “ICL Contribution to Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction” founded in 2019. Peer-reviewed papers submitted to the Fifth World Landslide Forum were published in six volumes of this book series.This book contains the followings:Part...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2020-12-21
Collection :
ICL Contribution to Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
|
This book is a part of ICL new book series “ICL Contribution to Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction” founded in 2019. Peer-reviewed papers submitted to the Fifth World Landslide Forum were published in six volumes of this book series.This book contains the following...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2020-12-20
Collection :
ICL Contribution to Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
|
Written by renowned experts, Introduction to Homeland Security, Sixth Edition, informs users about the concepts and bedrock principles of homeland security. Readers will gain a solid appreciation of the broad range of topics that fall within the expanse of the homeland...
Editeur : Butterworth-Heinemann
Parution : 2020-10-28
Format(s) : epub sans DRM
|
Introduction to International Disaster Management, Fourth Edition, offers an unbiased, global perspective for students and practitioners alike. It provides a comprehensive understanding of the disaster management profession, covering the varied sources of risk and...
Editeur : Butterworth-Heinemann
Parution : 2020-09-16
Format(s) : epub sans DRM
|
This book focuses on mathematical theory and numerical simulation related to various areas of continuum mechanics, such as fracture mechanics, (visco)elasticity, optimal shape design, modelling of earthquakes and Tsunami waves, material structure, interface dynamics and...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2020-08-29
Collection :
Mathematics for Industry
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
|
This book summarizes the research being pursued as part of the Erasmus+ CBHE KA2 project entitled "Development of master curricula for natural disasters risk management in Western Balkan countries” (NatRisk), which aims to educate experts on the prevention and...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2020-03-12
Collection :
Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
|
Optimizing Community Infrastructure: Resilience in the Face of Shocks and Stresses examines the resilience measures being deployed within individual disciplines and sectors and how multi-stakeholder efforts can catalyze action to address global challenges in...
Editeur : Butterworth-Heinemann
Parution : 2019-10-14
Format(s) : epub sans DRM
|
This is a study on the long-lasting consequences of a disastrous earthquake that hit the city of Messina, Sicily, in 1908. The quake killed about 86,000 people, and destroyed one of the most important portal cities of the Mediterranean. The book investigates both the...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2019-06-13
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
|
Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research provides a synthesis of the most pressing issues in natural hazards research by new professionals. The book begins with an overview of emerging research on natural hazards, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires,...
Editeur : Butterworth-Heinemann
Parution : 2019-06-07
Format(s) : epub sans DRM
|
Flood control in urban areas can be feasibly and cost-effectively enhanced by implementing flood proofing approaches to risk reduction in the context of environmental and land-use planning and management. Indeed, flood proofing makes it possible to improve, integrate...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2019-06-05
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
|
Through a synthesis of a broader inter-disciplinary literature in the field of disaster studies, organisation theory and management, and an in-depth case study this book provides an analytical framework for organising post-disaster reconstruction programmes which aim to...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2018-02-15
Collection :
The Urban Book Series
Format(s) : PDF
|
This thesis adopts the relative back-projection method to dramatically reduce “swimming” artifacts by identifying the rupture fronts in the time window of a reference station; this led to a faster and more accurate image of the rupture processes of earthquakes....
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2017-12-27
Collection :
Springer Theses
Format(s) : PDF
|