Heads up! early warning systems for climate-, water- and weather-related hazards / [electronic resource] :
edited by Michael H. Glantz.
- Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c2009.
- xxiii, 195 p. : col. ill., col. maps.
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Climatic changes--Forecasting. Climatic changes--Forecasting--Environmental aspects. Geographic information systems. Weather forecasting.