Large-Scale Disasters

‘Extreme’ events - including climatic events, such as hurricanes, tornadoes, drought - can cause massive disruption to society, including large death tolls and property damage in the billions of dollars. Events in recent years have shown the importance of being prepared and that countries need to work together to help alleviate the resulting pain and suffering. This volume presents an integrated review of the broad research field of large-scale disasters. It establishes a common framework for predicting, controlling and managing both manmade and natural disasters. There is a particular focus on events caused by weather and climate change. Other topics include air pollution, tsunamis, disaster modeling, the use of remote sensing and the logistics of disaster management. It will appeal to scientists, engineers, first responders and health-care professionals, in addition to graduate students and researchers who have an interest in the prediction, prevention or mitigation of large-scale disasters.

Spis treści:
Preface M. Gad-el-Hak
1. Introduction M. Gad-el-Hak
2. The art and science of large-scale disasters M. Gad-el-Hak
3. Multiscale modeling for large-scale disaster applications R. M. Pidaparti
4. Addressing the root causes of large-scale disasters I. Kelman
5. Issues in disaster-relief logistics N. Altay
6. Large-scale disasters, perspectives on medical response J. Elkholy and M. Gad-el-hak
7. Augmentation of health-care capacity in large-scale disasters A. M. Radwan
8. Energy, climate change and how to avoid a manmade disaster A. F. Ghoniem
9. Seawater agriculture for energy, warming, food, land and water D. M. Bushnell
10. Natural and anthropogenic aerosol-related hazards affecting megacities H. El-Askary and M. Kafatos
11. Tsunamis, Manifestation and aftermath H. J. S. Fernando, A. Braun, R. Galappatti, J. Ruwanpura and S. C. Wirasinghe
12. Intermediate-scale dynamics of the upper troposphere and stratosphere J. J. Riley
13. Coupled weather-chemistry modeling G. A. Grell
14. Seasonal-to-decadal prediction using climate models, successes and challenges R. Saravanan
15. Climate change and related disasters A. S. Zakey, F. Giorgi and J. Pal
16. Impact of climate change on precipitation R. Rasmussen, A. Dai and K. E. Trenberth
17. Weather-related disasters in arid lands T. T. Warner
18. The first hundred years of numerical weather prediction J. Pudykiewicz and G. Brunet
19. Fundamental issues in numerical weather prediction J. Dudhia
20. Space measurements for disaster response, the International Charter A. Mahmood and M. Shokr
21. Weather satellite measurements, their use for prediction W. L. Smith
Epilogue M. Gad-el-Hak
Index.