Extreme weather and natural disasters / / edited by Justin Healey
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| Titolo: |
Extreme weather and natural disasters / / edited by Justin Healey
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| Pubblicazione: | Thirroul, : The Spinney Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (65 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 551.46 |
| 551.6594 | |
| 613.6/9 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Emergency management |
| Natural disasters | |
| Storms | |
| Weather | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Australia Climate |
| Persona (resp. second.): | HealeyJustin |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Chapter 1 - Climate and extreme weather events -- Chapter 2 - Natural disasters in Australia; Exploring issues - worksheets and activities; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Australia is a vast land in which weather varies significantly in different parts of the continent. Recent extreme weather events in Australia, such as the Queensland floods and Victorian bushfires, are brutal reminders of nature's devastating power. Is global warming increasing the rate of natural disasters? What part do La Niña and El Niño play in the extreme weather cycle? Cyclones, floods, severe storms, bushfires, landslides, earthquakes, tsunamis - what are the natural and man-made causes of these phenomena, how predictable are they, and how prepared are we for the impacts of natural dis |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Extreme weather and natural disasters |
| ISBN: | 9781921507656 |
| 1921507659 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910810646403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
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