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The Asian tsunami of December 2004 killed a third of a million people, and made the Earth wobble slightly on its axis. The world was shocked. Yet we know that such massive catastrophes have happened many times before in Earth's history. Could a natural disaster of this magnitude happen again? Certainly. It is only a question of when. And earthquakes and volcanic eruptions aren't the only natural hazards that face us: we have only just begun to monitor the rocks in space that might be coming our way, and some of us have yet to wake up to the dangers of global warming. Can we survive? Yes, replies Bill McGuire. In "Surviving Armageddon" he guides us through the latest approaches being researched to prevent global catastrophes, or at least to minimise their effect. Solutions range from the bizarre - filling the stratosphere with millions of tiny reflective balloons to block the sun's rays, to the realistic - the lubrication of earthquake faults, the capture and storage of atmospheric carbon dioxide, and rockets to nudge asteroids off collision courses with the Earth.; Bill McGuire argues that we can make a genuine bid to get through what nature throws at us - providing we take the risks seriously.

Natural disasters --- Natural disaster warning systems. --- Disaster warning systems, Natural --- Warning systems, Natural disaster --- Emergency communication systems --- Natural calamities --- Disasters --- Prevention.

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'Extreme' events - including climatic events, such as hurricanes, tornadoes, drought - can cause massive disruption to society, including large death tolls and property damage in the billions of dollars. Events in recent years have shown the importance of being prepared and that countries need to work together to help alleviate the resulting pain and suffering. This volume presents an integrated review of the broad research field of large-scale disasters. It establishes a common framework for predicting, controlling and managing both manmade and natural disasters. There is a particular focus on events caused by weather and climate change. Other topics include air pollution, tsunamis, disaster modeling, the use of remote sensing and the logistics of disaster management. It will appeal to scientists, engineers, first responders and health-care professionals, in addition to graduate students and researchers who have an interest in the prediction, prevention or mitigation of large-scale disasters.

Natural disasters. --- Natural disaster warning systems. --- Natural disasters --- Hazardous geographic environments --- Environments, Hazardous geographic --- Disasters --- Human ecology --- Natural calamities --- Disaster warning systems, Natural --- Warning systems, Natural disaster --- Emergency communication systems --- Risk assessment. --- Environmental Sciences --- Atmospheric Science

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Emergency management - United States - Information resources. --- Emergency management --- Natural disaster warning systems --- Social Welfare & Social Work - General --- Social Welfare & Social Work --- Social Sciences --- Information resources --- Information resources. --- Disaster warning systems, Natural --- Warning systems, Natural disaster --- Consequence management (Emergency management) --- Disaster planning --- Disaster preparedness --- Disaster prevention --- Disaster relief --- Disasters --- Emergencies --- Emergency planning --- Emergency preparedness --- Management --- Planning --- Preparedness --- Prevention --- Emergency communication systems --- Public safety --- First responders

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Natural disaster warning systems. --- Emergency management. --- Disaster warning systems, Natural --- Warning systems, Natural disaster --- Emergency communication systems --- Consequence management (Emergency management) --- Disaster planning --- Disaster preparedness --- Disaster prevention --- Disaster relief --- Disasters --- Emergencies --- Emergency management --- Emergency planning --- Emergency preparedness --- Management --- Public safety --- First responders --- Planning --- Preparedness --- Prevention

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During the past few decades, economic losses and human casualties due to natural disasters increased exponentially on our planet, mainly because of the increased density of population and industry in high hazard areas. Although the prediction of earthquakes is not practicable yet, the present technology allows a prompt identification of the onset of any dangerous seismic event before it hits an urban area. Earthquake early warning can provide an alert within a few tens of seconds in advance. This small lead time may be used to minimize property damage and loss of lives in metropolitan areas and to aid emergency response. The book provides information on the major EEW systems in operation and on the state of the art of the different blocks forming an EW system: the rapid detection and estimation of the earthquake’s focal parameters, the signal transmission, the engineering interface and the information reliability/false alarm problem.

Earthquake prediction --- Natural disaster warning systems --- Disaster warning systems, Natural --- Warning systems, Natural disaster --- Emergency communication systems --- Physical geography. --- Regional planning. --- Geophysics/Geodesy. --- Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning. --- Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences. --- Regional development --- Regional planning --- State planning --- Human settlements --- Land use --- Planning --- City planning --- Landscape protection --- Geography --- Government policy --- Geophysics. --- Urban planning. --- Geotechnical engineering. --- Engineering, Geotechnical --- Geotechnics --- Geotechnology --- Engineering geology --- Cities and towns --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Geological physics --- Terrestrial physics --- Earth sciences --- Physics --- Management