Chapter 3 Air: Typhoon and Tornado Risk Management

Abstract

Human beings spend their daily lives within the range of the atmospheric boundary layer, where airflow is affected by friction from Earth's surface. The airflow in this area is generally called wind. Strong wind occasionally causes severe damage to infrastructures and people because of its aerodynamic effects, but even weak and moderate winds can have serious environmental impacts on human society such as those seen with air-pollution problems and thermal effects.

Citation

Tamura, Y., Kobayashi, F., Suzuki, O., Uematsu, Y. and Okuda, Y. (2012), "Chapter 3 Air: Typhoon and Tornado Risk Management", Shaw, R. and Tran, P. (Ed.) Environment Disaster Linkages (Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management, Vol. 9), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 35-60. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2040-7262(2012)0000009009