Natural Hazards & Disasters

by Hyndman, Donald W.

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Title Statements

Full title :Natural Hazards & Disasters / Donald Hyndman, University of Montana, David Hyndman, Michigan State University.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2017, 2014 Cengage Learning
Edition:Fourth edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning
Place of Publication:Boston, MA
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2017, 2014 Cengage Learning

Notes

Previous edition: Australia: Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, 2011.

The Physical Object

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

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781305581692, 1305581695
oclc:ocn969444231
LC Classification:GB5014

Natural hazards and disasters -- Plate tectonics and physical hazards -- Earthquakes and their causes -- Earthquake predictions, forecasts, and mitigation -- Tsunami -- Volcanoes : tectonic environments and eruptions -- Volcanoes : hazards and mitigation -- Landslides and other downslope movements -- Sinkholes, land subsidence, and swelling soils -- Weather, thunderstorms, and tornadoes -- Climate change -- Streams and flood processes -- Floods and human interactions -- Waves, beaches, and coastal erosion -- Hurricanes and nor'easters -- Wildfires -- Asteroid and comet impacts -- The future : where do we go from here?

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