Hydro-Meteorological Hazards, Risks, and Disasters

ISBN-13: 9780128191019 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023

Paolo Paron; Paolo Paron; Giuliano Di Baldassarre

Spis treści

Section I - Floods

1. Flood Processes and Hazards

2. Palaeoflood Hydrology: Reconstructing Rare Events and Extreme Flood Discharges

3. Global and Low-Cost Topographic Data to Support Flood Studies

4. Vulnerability and Exposure in Developed and Developing Countries: Large-Scale Assessments

5. Integrated Risk Assessment of Water-Related Disasters

6. KULTURisk Methodology Application: Ubaye Valley (Barcelonnette, France)

7. Floods and Storms Practical Exercises

8. Rapid Onset Shocks: the importance of understanding impacts of flood disasters

Section II - Droughts

9. Drought Monitoring and Assessment: Remote Sensing and Modeling Approaches for the Famine Early Warning Systems Network

10. Hydrological Modeling for Drought Assessment

11. Drought and water shortages in Mbale, Uganda

12. Web-based disaster risk management system

13. Integrating social science methods into drought risk studies