| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 292 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Book Cover; THE MATHEMATICS OF NATURAL CATASTROPHES; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PORTRAIT OF EDMOND HALLEY; PROLOGUE CHAOS AND CATASTROPHE; CHAPTER 1 A TAXONOMY OF NATURAL HAZARDS; CHAPTER 2 A SENSE OF SCALE; CHAPTER 3 A MEASURE OF UNCERTAINTY; CHAPTER 4 A MATTER OF TIME; CHAPTER 5 FORECASTING; CHAPTER 6 DECIDING TO WARN; CHAPTER 7 A QUESTION OF DESIGN; CHAPTER 8 DAMAGE ESTIMATION; CHAPTER 9 CATASTROPHE COVER; CHAPTER 10 FINANCIAL ISSUES; CHAPTER 11 THE THIRD MILLENNIUM; EPILOGUE THE TWILIGHT OF PROBABILITY; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Natural disasters -- Mathematical models.
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Natural disasters -- Mathematical models. |
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Natural disasters. |
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Emergency management -- Mathematical models.
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Emergency management -- Mathematical models. |
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Emergency management. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Woo, G. Mathematics of natural catastrophes. River Edge, NJ : Imperial College Press, 1999 1860941826 (DLC) 99016721 (OCoLC)41580393 |
| ISBN |
1860943861 (electronic book) |
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9781860943867 (electronic book) |
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