This book shows how societies around the world have sought to reduce their vulnerability to storms through different levels of planning and legislation. It also examines how these societal responses to storm impacts can serve to exacerbate vulnerability. Storms brings together leading international contributors to explore these issues, through a collection of papers arranged into sections devoted to Storm Science and * Vulnerability * Tropical Cyclones * Extratropical Cyclones, * Mesocale Convective Systems and Other Storms. Detailed accounts of storms and their...
This book shows how societies around the world have sought to reduce their vulnerability to storms through different levels of planning and legislatio...
Includes the reflections of the presidential science advisers. This title provides an intimate glimpse into the inner workings of the White House, as well as the political realities of providing advice on scientific matters to the presidential of the United States.
Includes the reflections of the presidential science advisers. This title provides an intimate glimpse into the inner workings of the White House, as ...
The world's response to climate change has been deeply flawed. The Climate Fix is where we begin to get it back on track, as science policy expert Roger Pielke, Jr. dissects the disastrous climate debate and offers a solution: expanding energy access and increasing energy security while lowering costs through technological innovation.
The world's response to climate change has been deeply flawed. The Climate Fix is where we begin to get it back on track, as science policy exp...
For the past 50 years a select group of scientists has provided advice to the US President, mostly out of the public eye, on issues ranging from the deployment of weapons to the launching of rockets to the moon to the use of stem cells to cure disease. The role of the presidential science adviser came under increasing scrutiny during the administration of George W. Bush, which was highly criticized by many for its use (and some say, misuse) of science. This edited volume includes, for the first time, the reflections of the presidential science advisers from Donald Hornig who served under...
For the past 50 years a select group of scientists has provided advice to the US President, mostly out of the public eye, on issues ranging from the d...
