Extreme events : observations, modeling, and economics /

The monograph covers the fundamentals and the consequences of extreme geophysical phenomena like asteroid impacts, climatic change, earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, flooding, and space weather. This monograph also addresses their associated, local and worldwide soci...

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Other Authors:	Chavez, Mario (Editor), Ghil, Michael (Editor), Urrutia Fucugauchi, Jaime (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken, New Jersey : Washington, D.C. : Wiley ; American Geophysical Union, [2015]
Series:	Geophysical monograph ; 214.
Subjects:	Environmental economics > Mathematical models. Natural disasters > Mathematical models. Extreme value theory.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book