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The mathematics of natural catastrophes / Gordon Woo.
LIBRA GB5014 .W66 1999
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Woo, G.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Natural disasters--Mathematical models.
- Emergency management--Mathematical models.
- Emergency management.
- Natural disasters.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Imperial College Press ; River Edge, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific Publishing, [1999]
- Summary:
- This is a unique book about natural catastrophes, focusing on the mathematical aspects of these phenomena. Although academic in style and didactic in purpose, it is practical in the treatment of the diverse issues covered, which range from hazard warning and forecasting to engineering design criteria and insurance loss estimation. Addressing as it does many mathematical topics not found together in a single volume, the book should be of value to all those with a quantitative educational interest in or professional concern for natural catastrophes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1860941826
- OCLC:
- 59400344
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