Early warning systems defined

Reducing Disaster: Early Warning Systems for Climate Change

Volumn 9789401785983, Issue , 2014, Pages 89-108

  Kelman, Ilan ^a   Glantz, Michael H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Early warning systems; EWS; Warnings

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE;

DAILY LIVES; DESIGN-PROCESS; DISASTER RISK REDUCTIONS; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; FIRST MILE; LAST MILE; SOCIAL CONTEXT; SOCIAL PROCESS; WARNING;

HAZARDS;

EID: 84931441215     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-8598-3_5     Document Type: Chapter

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