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MARC recordCold region hazards and risks / Colin A. Whiteman.
| Title: | Cold region hazards and risks / Colin A. Whiteman. |
| Author(s): | Whiteman, Colin A. |
| Date: | 2011. |
| Publisher: | Chichester: Wiley |
| Abstract: | Introduces classification of hazards, hazard awareness, physical properties of ice, and risk assessment (e.g., relationship between hazard probability, expected loss, loss mitigation and risk). Devotes each main chapter to major cryospheric source of risk (Arctic sea ice; ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica; icebergs; glaciers; glacier lake outburst floods; permafrost; snow avalanches; river ice - ice jams and ice roads; winter storms - ice storms and blizzards). Covers basic systems, associated risks, economic, human and ecological impacts, and mitigation. Draws on examples from around world, noting impact of current and predicted climate change on assessment and public perception of risk. |
| Keywords: | 551.32 -- Glaciology. 624.144 -- Damage caused by snow and ice. 551.324 -- Land ice. 551.326 -- Floating ice. 551.345 -- Permafrost. Cryopedology. 551.578.48 -- Avalanches. 551.322 -- Ice and snow. 551.578.46 -- Snow cover and snow patches. 551.583 -- Climatic changes. 33 -- Economics. 62 -- Engineering and technology. 551.326.6 -- Icebergs. 551.324.22 -- Glaciers. 551.324.24 -- Ice sheets and caps. 551.326.83 -- River ice. 551.324.862 -- Jokulhaups. 551.332.56 -- Lakes, ice-dammed. Glacial lakes. Disruption of water drainage. 551.324.63 -- Land ice, advance and retreat. 551.345.2 -- Permafrost, formation and decay. 551.435.627 -- Landslides. 551.578.4 -- Ice needles, sleet, falling snow and graupel. 551.578.45 -- Snow storms. 551.578.486 -- Avalanches, particular disasters. 574 -- Ecology. 624.145 -- Floating ice, engineering aspects. 624.145.8 -- Rivers, ice jams and their control. 624.139 -- Engineering in frozen ground. 113/119 -- Attitudes to nature. .008.1 -- Policy. 502 -- Environmental issues. 504.05 -- Environmental damage. E2 -- Glaciology: general. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*7) -- Antarctic regions. (211) -- Cold Regions in general. |
| Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SHF: 624.144[2011] |
| ISBN: | 9780470029282 |
| SPRI record no.: | 191119 |
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