Heads up! [electronic resource] : early warning systems for climate-, water- and weather-related hazards / edited by Michael H. Glantz.
Publication details: Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c2009.Description: xxiii, 195 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 14 x 16 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 363.34 22
- QC981.8.C5 H43 2009eb
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, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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