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Heads up! [electronic resource] : early warning systems for climate-, water- and weather-related hazards / edited by Michael H. Glantz.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Climatic changes--Forecasting.
- Climatic changes.
- Climatic changes--Forecasting--Environmental aspects.
- Geographic information systems.
- Weather forecasting.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (221 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This publication provides a review of early warning systems in operation, while exploring a range of hazards including hurricanes, heat waves, floods, droughts, tsunami and volcanoes.--Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Climate-, water- and weather-related hazards
- Too much, too little
- Global warming
- Earth hazards
- Concluding thoughts.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 92-808-7138-2
- OCLC:
- 646837658
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