Towards Mathematics, Computers and Environment: A Disasters Perspective

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bacelar Lima Santos, Leonardo (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Galante Negri, Rogério (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), de Carvalho, Tiago José (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Mathematical physics.; Numerical analysis.; Partial differential equations.; Computer simulation.; Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences.; Numerical Analysis.; Partial Differential Equations.; Simulation and Modeling.

With relevant, timely topics, this book gathers carefully selected, peer-reviewed scientific works and offers a glimpse of the state-of-the-art in disaster prevention research, with an emphasis on challenges in Latin America. Topics include studies on surface frost, an extreme meteorological event t...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Numerical atmospheric modelling
• An overview of the El Niño, La Niña and the Southern Oscillation phenomena: theory, observations and modeling links
• Mathematical homogenization and integral transform-based multilayer methods
• The earthquake's mathematics
• Waves propagation and flood by tsunami
• From complex systems theory to disasters risk reduction management
• Bayesian analysis for natural threats and hazards
• Time series analysis applied to disaster risk reduction data
• Data mining approaches to the real-time monitoring and early warning of convective weather using lightning data
• Detection of forest burn stages using remote sensing Images and stochastic distances
• Digital humanities and big microdata: new approaches for demographic research
• Modelling and predicting social and geopolitical disasters as extreme events: A case study considering the dynamics of international armed conflicts.