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Environmental hazards : assessing risk and reducing disaster / Keith Smith and David N. Petley.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, ©2009.Edition: 5th edDescription: xxii, 383 pages illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780203884805
  • 0203884809
  • 9780415428637
  • 0415428637
  • 9780415428651
  • 0415428653
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Environmental hazards.; Print version:: Environmental hazards.DDC classification:
  • 363.34 22
LOC classification:
  • GB 5014 .S6 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF PLATES; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF BOXES; PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Part I THE NATURE OF HAZARD; 1 HAZARD IN THE ENVIRONMENT; 2 DIMENSIONS OF DISASTER; 3 COMPLEXITY IN HAZARD AND DISASTER; 4 RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT; 5 REDUCING THE IMPACTS OF DISASTER; Part II THE EXPERIENCE AND REDUCTION OF HAZARD; 6 TECTONIC HAZARDS: Earthquakes; 7 TECTONIC HAZARDS: Volcanoes; 8 MASS MOVEMENT HAZARDS; 9 SEVERE STORM HAZARDS; 10 BIOPHYSICAL HAZARDS; 11 HYDROLOGICAL HAZARDS: Floods.
Summary: This is a well-written and generously illustrated overview of all the natural and technological events that threaten humans and what they value. It draws on the latest research across the physical and human sciences and guides students and researchers from problems, theories and policies to explore practical, real-world situations.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF PLATES; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF BOXES; PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Part I THE NATURE OF HAZARD; 1 HAZARD IN THE ENVIRONMENT; 2 DIMENSIONS OF DISASTER; 3 COMPLEXITY IN HAZARD AND DISASTER; 4 RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT; 5 REDUCING THE IMPACTS OF DISASTER; Part II THE EXPERIENCE AND REDUCTION OF HAZARD; 6 TECTONIC HAZARDS: Earthquakes; 7 TECTONIC HAZARDS: Volcanoes; 8 MASS MOVEMENT HAZARDS; 9 SEVERE STORM HAZARDS; 10 BIOPHYSICAL HAZARDS; 11 HYDROLOGICAL HAZARDS: Floods.

This is a well-written and generously illustrated overview of all the natural and technological events that threaten humans and what they value. It draws on the latest research across the physical and human sciences and guides students and researchers from problems, theories and policies to explore practical, real-world situations.

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