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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “thomas glade”
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  • NoeMOTION

    Mobility, Hazard, and Risk Analysis of Selected Landslides in Lower Austria

    by Pedro Lima, Alejandra J. Donato, Maria I. Arango, Martin Mergili, Robert Kanta, Thomas Glade ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book explores the complexities of landslide susceptibility and critical rainfall conditions in Lower Austria through a detailed analysis and actionable insights. This work provides a comprehensive approach to understanding LANDSLIDE risks by using data-driven methodologies, run-out models, and economic risk assessments . The book offers two types of scenarios: one that models more fluid ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • The Use of Historical Data in Natural Hazard Assessments

    Edited by Thomas Glade, Paola Albini, Félix Francés ...
    Series Book 17 - Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research
    Natural hazards such as earthquakes, landslides, floods, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, and hurricanes cause environmental, economic as well as sociological problems worldwide. In recent years, greater availability of information and sensational media reports of natural hazard occurrence -and in particular in terms of property damage or loss oflife caused by these hazards -resulted in an increase ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

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  • Storm Surge

    Hurricane Sandy, Our Changing Climate, and Extreme Weather of the Past and Future

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    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Introduction To Coastal Engineering And Management (2nd Edition)

    by J William Kamphuis ...
    Series Book 30 - Advanced Series On Ocean Engineering
    This book is based on the author's 34 years of experience as a teacher/researcher of coastal engineering and management and on recent reflections on newly relevant issues, such as consequences of failure, impacts of rising sea levels, aging infrastructure, real estate development, and contemporary decision making, design and education.This textbook for undergraduate students, postgraduate students ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

  • Climate Change Science

    A Primer for Sustainable Development

    by Dr. John C. Mutter ...
    Series series Columbia University Earth Institute Sustainability Primers
    How will future climates be different from today’s world—and what consequences will changes in climate have for societies and their development strategies? This book is a primer on the essential science for grasping the workings of climate change and climate prediction. It is accessible for readers with little to no background in science, with an emphasis on the needs of those studying sustainable ... Read more

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  • Essentials of the Earth's Climate System

    by Roger G. Barry, Eileen A. Hall-McKim ...
    This concise introduction to modern climatology covers the key topics for intermediate undergraduate students on one-semester courses. The treatment of topics is non-mathematical wherever possible, instead focusing on physical processes to allow students to grasp concepts more easily. Full-color illustrations support the text and supplementary topics are covered in boxes, enabling students to ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Rising Seas

    Past, Present, Future

    by Vivien Gornitz ...
    The Earth's climate is already warming due to increased concentrations of human-produced greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and the specter of rising sea level is one of global warming's most far-reaching threats. Sea level will keep rising long after greenhouse gas emissions have ceased, because of the delay in penetration of surface warming to the ocean depths and because of the slow ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Curbing Catastrophe

    Natural Hazards and Risk Reduction in the Modern World

    by Timothy H. Dixon ...
    What does Japan's 2011 nuclear accident have in common with the 2005 flooding of New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina? This thought-provoking book presents a compelling account of recent and historical disasters, both natural and human-caused, drawing out common themes and providing a holistic understanding of hazards, disasters and mitigation, for anyone interested in this important and topical ... Read more

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  • Progress in Landslide Research and Technology, Volume 3 Issue 2, 2024

    Edited by Biljana Abolmasov, Irasema Alcántara-Ayala, Željko Arbanas, David Huntley, Kazuo Konagai, Matjaž Mikoš, Kyoji Sassa, Shinji Sassa, Binod Tiwari ...
    Series Book 2 - Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This open access book provides an overview of the progress in landslide research and technology and is part of a book series of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL). The book provides a common platform for the publication of recent progress in landslide research and technology for practical applications and the benefit for the society contributing to the Kyoto Landslide Commitment 2020 ... Read more

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  • Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Mountain Hydrology: Development of a Methodology Through a Case Study in the Andes of Peru

    by Vergara,Walter; Deeb,Alejandro; Leino,Irene; Kitoh,Akio ; Kitoh,Akio; Escobar,Marisa ...
    Climate change is beginning to have effects on climate weather and resource availability in ways that need to be anticipated when planning for the future. In particular changes in rainfall patterns and temperature may impact the intensity or schedule of water availability. Also the retreat of tropical glaciers the drying of unique Andean wetland ecosystems as well as increased weather variability ... Read more

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  • In a Hundred Years

    Alternative Energy Sources in the Post-carbon World

    by Hanns Günther (Walter de Haas), Thomas Hedden (translator) ...
    One hundred years ago, scientists and engineers were actively working on alternative energy, not because they wanted to stop burning fossil fuels but because they believed that the world would soon run out of them. This classic 1931 book reviews the sources of alternative energy that had been proposed at that time, including the famous Panropa project, whose scope would have dwarfed the Hoover Dam ... Read more

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