Typhoon Impact and Crisis Management

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tang, Dan Ling (Editor), Sui, Guangjun (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, 40
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Meteorology.; Oceanography.; Natural disasters.; Physical geography.; Remote sensing.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Earth Sciences.; Natural Hazards.; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.; Earth System Sciences.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.
• Physical Description: XXIII, 578 p. 198 illus., 158 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783642406959
• ISSN: 1878-9897 ;

Major natural hazards have sparked growing public concern worldwide. This book provides new information on Typhoon Impacts and Crisis Management using satellite remote sensing technology, linking the natural sciences and social sciences in typhoon studies. It examines remote sensing observations of typhoons (Hurricanes), typhoon impacts on the environment, typhoon impacts on marine ecosystems, typhoon impacts and global changes, typhoon impacts on economics, and crisis management for typhoon disasters.