Extreme events : observations, modeling, and economics /: observations, modeling, and economics. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Mario Chavez, Michael Ghil, Jaime Urrutia Fucugauchi.
• Editors: (Engineer), Chavez, Mario; Ghil, Michael; Urrutia Fucugauchi, Jaime
• Contents: Contributors Foreword: Mario Chavez, Michael Ghil, Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi Acknowledgments 1. Introduction Mario Chavez, Michael Ghil, Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi Part A. Fundamentals and Theory 2. Applications of Extreme Value Theory to Environmental Data Analysis Gwladys Toulemonde, Pierre Ribereau and Philippe Naveau 3. Dynamical Systems Approach to Extreme Events Catherine Nicolis and G. Nicolis 4. The Skill of Data Based Predictions Versus Dynamical Models - Case Study on Extreme Temperature Anomalies Stefan Siegert, Jochen Broecker, Holger Kantz 5. Detecting and Anticipating Climate Tipping Points Rates Timothy M. Lenton and Valerie N. Livina 6. Understanding ENSO Variability and its Extrema: A Delay Differential Equation Approach Michael Ghil and Ilya Zaliapin Part B. Extreme Events in Earth’s Space Environment 7. Drivers of Extreme Space Weather Events: Fast Coronal Mass Ejections A. Ruzmaikin, J. Feynman, and S. Stoev 8. Chicxulub Asteroid Impact: An Extreme Event at the Cretaceous/Paleogene Boundary Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi and Ligia Pérez-Cruz Part C. Climate and Weather Extremes 9. Weather and Climatic Drivers of Extreme Flooding Events Over the Midwest of the United States Andrew W. Robertson, Yochanan Kushnir, Upmanu Lall, and Jennifer Nakamura 10. Analysis of the Hazards and Vulnerability of the Cancun Beach System: The Case of Hurricane Wilma Edgar Mendoza, Rodolfo Silva, Cecilia Enriquez-Ortiz, Ismael Mariño-Tapia and Angélica Felix 11. Observations and Modeling of Environmental and Human Damage Caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Kazuhisa Goto, Fumihiko Imamura, Shunichi Koshimura, Hideaki Yanagisawa 12. Extreme Capillary Wave Events Under Parametric Excitation M. G. Shats, H. Xia, and H. Punzmann Part D. Extreme Events in the Solid Earth 13. A Review of Great Magnitude Earthquakes and Associated Tsunamis along the Guerrero, Mexico Pacific coast: a Multiproxy Approach María-Teresa Ramírez-Herrera, Néstor Corona and Gerardo Suárez 14. Landslide Risk to the Population of Italy and its Geographical and Temporal Variations Paola Salvati, Mauro Rossi, Cinzia Bianchi and Fausto Guzzetti 15. An Extreme Event Approach to Volcanic Hazard Assessment Servando De la Cruz-Reyna and Ana Teresa Mendoza-Rosas Part E. Socio-Economic Impacts of Extreme Events 16. Economic Impact of Extreme Events: An Approach Based on Extreme Value Theory Richard W. Katz. 17. Extreme Magnitude Earthquakes and their Direct Economic Impacts, A Hybrid Approach Mario Chavez, Eduardo Cabrera, Silvia Garcia, Erik Chavez, Mike Ashworth, Narciso Perea and Alejandro Salazar 18. Tropical Cyclones: From the Influence of Climate to their Socio-Economic Impacts Suzana J. Camargo and Solomon M. Hsiang 19. Impacts of Natural Disasters on a Dynamic Economy Andreas Groth, Patrice Dumas, Michael Ghil and Stephane Hallegatte Part F. Prediction and Preparedness 20. Extreme Tsunami Events in the Mediterranean and its impact on the Algerian Coasts L. Amir 1, W. Dudley, B. McAdoo and A Yelles 21. Famous Failures: A Natural History of Disasters Heriberta Castaños, Anand Joshi, Cinna Lomnitz and Chao-jun Zhang 22. On Predictive Understanding of Extreme Events: Pattern Recognition Approach; Prediction Algorithms; Applications to Disaster Preparedness Vladimir Keilis-Borok+, Alexandre Soloviev and Andrei Gabrielov Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 363.34; Natural disasters -- Mathematical models; Natural disasters -- Economic aspects; Natural disasters -- Observations
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781119157038
• Related ISBNs: 9781119157045
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