Natural hazards and disasters

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"The authors provide easy-to-understand coverage of the geological processes that underlie disasters, explore the impact these processes have on humans and vice versa, and analyze strategies for mitigating these hazards' physical and financial harm." --Amazon.

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Full title :Natural hazards and disasters / Donald Hyndman, David Hyndman.

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Publication Date:©2017
Edition:Fifth edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cengage Learning
Place of Publication:Boston, Massachusetts
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2017

The Physical Object

Description:xv, 560 pages : : illustrations, maps, : 28 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1305581695, 9781305581692
oclc:ocn946167719
Dewey Decimal:363.34

Natural hazards and disasters -- Plates tectonics and physical hazards -- Earthquakes and their causes -- Earthquakes predictions, forecasts and mitigations -- Tsunami -- Volcanoes : tectonic environments and eruptions -- Volcanoes : hazards and mitigation -- Landslides and other downslope movements -- Sinkholes, land subsudence, and swelling soils -- Weather, thunderstorms, and tornadoes -- Climate change : processes and history -- Climate change : impacts and mitigation -- Streams and flood processes -- Floods and human interactions -- Waves, beaches and coastal erosion -- Hurricanes and nor'easters -- Wildfires -- Asteroids and comet impacts.

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Case studies Catastrophes -- États-Unis Catastrophes naturelles Disasters Disasters -- United States Emergency management Emergency management -- United States Environmental risk assessment Environmental risk assessment -- United… Environnement -- Évaluation du risque -… Natural disasters United States