Heads up! [electronic resource] : early warning systems for climate-, water- and weather-related hazards / edited by Michael H. Glantz.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c2009.Description: xxiii, 195 p. : col. ill., col. mapsSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 363.34 22
LOC classification:
  • QC981.8.C5 H43 2009eb
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Introduction -- Climate-, water- and weather-related hazards -- Too much, too little -- Global warming -- Earth hazards -- Concluding thoughts.
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.
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Introduction -- Climate-, water- and weather-related hazards -- Too much, too little -- Global warming -- Earth hazards -- Concluding thoughts.

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.

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