Cold Region Hazards and Risks

· Wide ranging geographical coverage  (the Americas, Asia, Australasia, Antarctic & Europe)

· Localized hazards (avalanches, life storms, landslides) contrasted to those with wider reaching effects (artic ice loss, ice sheet retreat and wide spread permafrost decay)

· Includes the latest developments in the field

· Each chapter includes hazards overview, summery, conclusions, potential projects exercise and key references

· Includes a supplementary website with figures from the book and further references

· Each chapter includes a hazards overview, summary, conclusions, potential projects exercise and key references

· Numerous case studies included throughout the text to introduce concepts of risk and vulnerability