Risk and Uncertainty Assessment for Natural Hazards Paperback / softback
Edited by Jonathan (University of Bristol) Rougier, Steve (University of Bristol) Sparks, Lisa J. (University of Bristol) Hill
Paperback / softback
Description
Assessment of risk and uncertainty is crucial for natural hazard risk management, facilitating risk communication and informing strategies to successfully mitigate our society's vulnerability to natural disasters.
Written by some of the world's leading experts, this book provides a state-of-the-art overview of risk and uncertainty assessment in natural hazards.
It presents the core statistical concepts using clearly defined terminology applicable across all types of natural hazards and addresses the full range of sources of uncertainty, the role of expert judgement and the practice of uncertainty elicitation.
The core of the book provides detailed coverage of all the main hazard types and concluding chapters address the wider societal context of risk management.
This is an invaluable compendium for academic researchers and professionals working in the fields of natural hazards science, risk assessment and management and environmental science, and will be of interest to anyone involved in natural hazards policy.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:586 pages, Worked examples or Exercises; 5 Tables, black and white; 40 Halftones, black and white; 1
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:01/03/2018
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- ISBN:9781108446679
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:586 pages, Worked examples or Exercises; 5 Tables, black and white; 40 Halftones, black and white; 1
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:01/03/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9781108446679
