Comprehensive risk assessment for natural hazards.

Contributor(s):

World Meteorological Organization

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Geneva : WMO, 2006 reprint.Description: 92 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cmSubject(s):

DDC classification:

363.3402 22

Partial contents:

Introduction -- Meteorological hazards -- Hydrological hazards -- Volcanic hazards -- Seismic hazards -- Hazard assessment and land-use planning in Switzerland for snow avalanches, floods and landslides -- Economic aspects of vulnerability -- Strategies for risk assessment

Review: The primary aim of this report is to identify and present the various existing technologies used to assess the risks for natural disasters of different origins, and to encourage their application.

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Originally 1999.

WMO/TD no. 955.

Includes bibliographical references.

The primary aim of this report is to identify and present the various existing technologies used to assess the risks for natural disasters of different origins, and to encourage their application.

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