Extreme events : observations, modeling, and economics /

• Other Authors: Chavez, Mario (Editor), Ghil, Michael (Editor), Urrutia Fucugauchi, Jaime (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : Washington, D.C. : Wiley ; American Geophysical Union, [2015].
• Series: Geophysical monograph ; 214.
• Subjects: Environmental economics > Mathematical models.; Natural disasters > Mathematical models.; Extreme value theory.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General; Electronic books.

The monograph covers the fundamentals and the consequences of extreme geophysical phenomena like asteroid impacts, climatic change, earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, flooding, and space weather. This monograph also addresses their associated, local and worldwide soci...