Climate Pattern and Climatic Hazards in the Northern Province, Sri Lanka

This book portrays the spatial and temporal characteristics of weather and climate pattern and climate induced disaster in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. This scholarly work has been grounded on an in-depth study of long term atmospheric process which has the hallmark of scientific research. The work critically analyzes the causal process of spatial anomaly of elements of weather and climate and their consequences on socioeconomic landscape of Northern Province of Sri Lanka. This book presents the creative approaches of mitigating the consequences of adverse weather and climatic process with a view to harnessing the potentials of climate for the sustainable development of the region.