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Extreme Events in Nature and Society

Significant, and usually unwelcome, surprises, such as floods, financial crisis, epileptic seizures, or material rupture, are the topics of Extreme Events in Nature and Society. The book, authored by foremost experts in these fields, reveals unifying and distinguishing features of extreme events, including problems of understanding and modelling their origin, spatial and temporal extension, and potential impact. The chapters converge towards the difficult problem of anticipation: forecasting the event and proposing measures to moderate or prevent it. Extreme Events in Nature and Society will interest not only specialists, but also the general reader eager to learn how the multifaceted field of extreme events can be viewed as a coherent whole.
EAN: 9783540286103
Sprache: Englisch
Seitenzahl: 352
Produktart: Gebunden
Herausgeber: Albeverio, Sergio Jentsch, Volker Kantz, Holger
Verlag: Springer Springer, Berlin Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Schlagworte: Extremsituation
Größe: 235
Gewicht: 742 g