Cold Region Hazards and Risks

Cold Region Hazards and Risks is a unique, timely and engaging text with wide ranging geographical coverage. The book brings together information on a vast array of hazards associated with ice and snow, spanning both well-known phenomenon such as avalanches and the less familiar including river ice jams and ice storms. The book offers a clear and accessible structure with a separate chapter allocated to each hazard, featuring an overview of the hazard and highlighting key physical and human issues. Each chapter will also present a summary and conclusions as well as offering key references, making the book an invaluable resource. Discusses the significance of global warming in relation to cold region hazards Uses numerous case studies and broad physical models to provide an applied and scientific context Wide ranging geographical coverage including material from the Americas, Asia, Australasia, Antarctic and Europe Covers the latest developments in the fieldAllerton Whitem, C. is the author of 'Cold Region Hazards and Risks', published 2011 under ISBN 9780470029282 and ISBN 0470029285.