This is a unique, timely and engaging text with wide ranging geographical coverage. The text brings together, for the first time, information about a vast array of hazards associated with ice and snow, spanning both well known phenomenon (e.g. avalanches) and the less familiar (e.g. river ice jams and ice storms) using, in many cases, material which is rarely seen outside advanced academic research books and journals. The range of ice-related hazards will be introduced and the significance of the current global warming context discussed. Broad physical models of glacial, periglacial and atmospheric cold environments are presented to provide a scientific context for discussion of the human issues of risk, vulnerability impact and mitigation. Key Features: Wide ranging geographical coverage (the Americas, Asia, Australasia, Antarctic & Europe) Localised hazards (avalanches, life storms, landslides) contrasted to those with wider reaching effects (arctic ice loss, ice sheet retreat and wide spread permafrost decay) Includes the latest developments in the field Each chapter includes hazards overview, summery, conclusions, potential projects exercise and key references Includes a supplementary website with figures from the text and further references Each chapter includes a hazards overview, summary, conclusions, potential projects exercise and key references
Product Identifiers
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN-13
9780470029282
eBay Product ID (ePID)
107650062
Product Key Features
Author
Colin A. Whiteman
Publication Name
Cold Region Hazards and Risks
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Geography & Geosciences
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
380 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
245mm
Item Width
171mm
Item Weight
830g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Colin A. Whiteman
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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