1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996389767803316

Autore

Hawkins John <17th cent.>

Titolo

The clerk's tutor for writing [[electronic resource] /] / Written and engraved by Edw. Cocker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for Jo. Streater, Ja. Flesher, and Hen. Twyford. Sold in Vine Court Middle Temple, 1667

Descrizione fisica

[12], 360 p., [6] leaves of plates

Altri autori (Persone)

CockerEdward <1631-1675.>

Soggetti

Copybooks - England

Forms (Law) - England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Engraved t.p. containing a perpetual almanac; six leaves of writing specimens.

"This book is by Hawkins ... and the t.p. only claims the plates, not the letterpress for Cocker"--DNB (concerning The young clerk's tutor for writing, 1st ed., 1660?).

Reproduction of original in Newberry Library.

Imperfect: lacks p. 185-208.

This item is identified at reel 22:9 as Wing C4832A (number cancelled in Wing CD-ROM, 1996), and at reel 2265:8 as Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) H1174A.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0101



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910299620703321

Titolo

Reducing Disaster: Early Warning Systems For Climate Change / / edited by Ashbindu Singh, Zinta Zommers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

94-017-8598-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (394 p.)

Classificazione

RB 10121

ZG 9290

Disciplina

363.3472

Soggetti

Climatic changes

Energy policy

Energy systems

Climate Change

Energy Policy, Economics and Management

Energy Systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Impact of Climate Change on Natural Disasters -- Chapter 2: Challenges in Early Warning of the Persistent and Widespread Winter Fog over the Indo-Gangetic Plains: A Satellite Perspective -- Chapter 3: Assessing human vulnerability to climate change from an evolutionary perspective -- Chapter 4: Early Warning Systems Defined -- Chapter 5: The State of Early Warning Systems -- Chapter 6: Climate Change and Early Warning Systems for Wildland Fire -- Chapter 7: Climate Change Implications and Use of Early Warning Systems for Global Dust Storms -- Chapter 8: Applications of Medium Range Probabilistic Flood Forecast for Societal Benefits - Lessons Learned from Bangladesh -- Chapter 9: Flood forecasting and early warning: an example from the UK Environment Agency -- Chapter 10: The Evolution of Kenya’s Drought Management System -- Chapter 11: Understanding the warning process through the lens of practice: emancipation as a condition of action. Some lessons from France -- Chapter 12: The Effect of Early Flood Warnings on Mitigation and



Recovery during the 2010 Pakistan Floods -- Chapter 13: Disasters are gendered: what’s new? -- Chapter 14: The Ethics of Early Warning Systems for Climate Change -- Chapter 15: Decadal Warning Systems -- Chapter 16: The role of scientific modelling and insurance in providing innovative solutions for managing the risk of natural disasters -- Chapter 17: “Follow the spiders”: Ecosystems as Early Warnings -- Chapter 18: Natural hazards and Climate Change in Kenya: Minimizing the impacts on vulnerable communities through Early Warning Systems.     .

Sommario/riassunto

Around the world, extreme weather events are becoming increasingly "the new normal" and are expected to increase in the 21st century as a result of climate change. Extreme weather events have devastating impacts on human lives and national economies. This book examines ways to protect people from hazards using early warning systems, and includes contributions from experts from four different continents representing 14 different universities, 8 government agencies and two UN agencies. Chapters detail critical components of early warning systems, ways to identify vulnerable communities, predict hazards and deliver information. Unique satellite images illustrate the transnational impact of disasters, while case studies provide detailed examples of warning systems. With contributors from the fields of economics, ethics, meteorology, geography and biology, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in disaster risk reduction or climate change.