Exploring Natural Hazards: A Case Study Approach

This book addresses natural hazards from a scientific and applied engineering perspective. It provides information on the physics and physical processes of a range of natural phenomena that pose hazards to human society, including tropical cyclones, droughts, floods, and lightning. It highlights the current state of research on hazards discussed and deals primarily with their understanding, monitoring, and risk mitigation. Emphasis is on prediction techniques and accuracy, assessments and recent improvements in early warning systems. Using examples and case studies from around the world, the authors present environmental issues in a way that is accessible to readers working in the field.

Review: "... provides a case study approach across 13 chapters addressing issues related to tropical cyclones and typhoons, desertification, floods, draught, coal fire emission along with alert system in natural hazards. This book will provide a scientific understanding of these hazards to the readers and will enrich their knowledge to deal with these calamities. This book will also provide information for reducing the risks and acquaintance with actions based on scientific understanding." - Debashis Mitra, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (ISRO), Dehradun, India

Tropical Cyclone and Track Forecasting Chandan Roy and Rita Kovordanyi Tropical Cyclones: Effect on the Ionosphere Natalia Perevalova Typhoon and Sea Surface Cooling Xidong Wang Indian Cyclones and Earthquakes: Their Impact on Structures Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay and Sekhar Chandra Dutta Alert Systems in Natural Hazards: Best Practices Montserrat Ferrer-Julia, Miguel Mendes, Joaquin Ramirez and Paul Hirst Tropical Cyclone Activities: Asia Pacific Region Lindsey M. Harriman Desertification: Causes and Effects Amal Kar Drought Forecasting: Artificial Intelligence Methods Jan Adamowski and Anteneh Belayneh Estimating CO2 Emissions from Subsurface Coal Fires S. Taku Ide, Claudia Kuenzer and F.M. Orr, Jr. Spatial Analysis of Flood Causes in the Hindu Kush Region Atta-ur Rahman Integrated Approach for Flood Assessment of Coastal Urban Watersheds T.I. Eldho, P.E. Zope and Anand T. Kulkarni Lightning Colin Price Natural Hazards in Poland Joanna Pociask-Karteczka, Z.W. Kundzewicz, R. Twardosz and A. Rajwa-Kuligiewicz