Parris Lyew-Ayee Jr, Rafi Ahmad

Natural Hazards Atlas of Jamaica

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This creatively and persuasively designed atlas of Jamaica focuses on the four principal natural hazards of earthquakes, hurricanes, floods and landslides in order to increase government and public awareness of hazards in the context of the island's developmental and environmental problems.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of the West Indies Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 358mm x 279mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 1520g
• ISBN-13: 9789766402594
• ISBN-10: 9766402590
• Artikelnr.: 33986952

Autorenporträt

Parris Lyew-Ayee Jr is Director, Mona Geoinformatics Institute, University of the West Indies, Jamaica. He is the author of numerous refereed journal articles, chapters in books and technical reports. His research specialties include geographic information systems, global positioning satellite systems, remote sensing, karst geomorphology and geomorphometry, natural hazards simulation and disaster response coordination, crime demographic and socioeconomic analysis, and business analysis and customer location mapping. He is also a faculty member of the Department of Geography and Geology.