Both natural and manmade disasters are covered. The seed for the project is the U.S.–Egypt Workshop on Predictive Methodologies for Global Weather-Related Disasters, held in Cairo, Egypt, 13–15 March 2006. Sponsored by the U.S. State ...
The extreme event could be natural, manmade, or a combination of the two. Examples of naturally occurring disasters include earthquakes, wildfires, pandemics, volcanic eruptions, floods, droughts, and extreme weather phenomena such as ...
This book is divided into twenty-one chapters, covering many aspects of natural and manmade disasters, including their prediction, control, mitigation, and management. Use of scientific principles to improve prediction is emphasized.
Both the art and the science of predicting, preventing, and mitigating natural and manmade disasters are discussed. The laws of nature govern the evolution of any disaster. In some cases, such as weather-related disasters, ...