Risk and uncertainty assessment for natural hazards /:

"Assessment of risk and uncertainty is crucial for natural hazard risk management, facilitating risk communication and informing strategies to successfully mitigate our society's vulnerability to natural disasters. Written by some of the world's leading experts, this book provides a s...

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Weitere Verfasser: Rougier, Jonathan, 1966- (HerausgeberIn), Sparks, R. S. J. (Robert Stephen John), 1949- (HerausgeberIn), Hill, Lisa J. (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, [2013]
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Zusammenfassung:"Assessment of risk and uncertainty is crucial for natural hazard risk management, facilitating risk communication and informing strategies to successfully mitigate our society's vulnerability to natural disasters. Written by some of the world's leading experts, this book provides a state-of-the-art overview of risk and uncertainty assessment in natural hazards. It presents the core statistical concepts using clearly defined terminology applicable across all types of natural hazards and addresses the full range of sourcment. This is an invaluable compendium for academic researchers and professionals working in the fields of natural hazards science, risk assessment and management and environmental science and will be of interest to anyone involved in natural hazards policy"--Publisher descriptiones of uncertainty, the role of expert judgement and the practice of uncertainty elicitation. The core of the book provides detailed coverage of all the main hazard types and concluding chapters address the wider societal context of risk manage
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 574 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781107314078
1107314070
9781139047562
1139047566
1107308526
9781107308527
9781107306325
1107306329

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