Early warning systems for natural disaster reduction /
Jochen Zschau, Andreas N. Küppers (eds.).
- Berlin : Springer, 2003.
- xvii, 834 páginas : ilustraciones; 28 cm.
Incluye índice
I.- Bringing early warning to the people -- II.- Early warning and public communication -- III.- Aspects of disaster management, emergency and social response with respect to early warning -- IV.- Early warning systems for hydrometeorological hazards -- IVa.- Early warning systems for tropical storms -- IVb.- Early warning systems for floods -- IVc.- early warning systems related to drpught and mitigation of famine -- IVd.- Monitoring and early warning related to the El Niño Phenomenon IVe.- Early warning systems for severe weather phenomena in mid and high latitudes -- V.- Early warning systems for the mitigation of geological hazards -- Va.- Early warning systems for earthquakes -- Vb.- Early warning systems for volvano monitoring and eruption warnings -- Vc.- Early warning systems for tsunami -- Vd.- Early warning systems for mountain hazards -- VI.- Early warning systems for fire and other environmental hazards -- VII.- Early warning systems for rapid damage assesment and the mitigation of technological hazards -- VIII.- The role of satellite techniques in early warning systems: state of the art perspectives -- IX.- Special problems of early warning systems for developing countries and small island states -- X.- Future technology needs, accessibility and affordability of early warning systems.-