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 field