Buch, Englisch, 188 Seiten
Buch, Englisch, 188 Seiten
ISBN: 978-0-19-550809-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press
During the twentieth century the disastrous effects of natural hazards have increased for reasons related to substantial population growth, the increasing vulnerability of marginal groups and, to some extent, the mis-managemnet of the environment. The past decade in particular has seen the most costly natural disasters in history: bushfires, floods, droughts, storms, earthquakes, and biological hazards. What causes these events? How do they affect human society? And how and to what extent can we manage them? These questions discussed rigorously and clearly in Natural Hazards. This second edition has been rewritten to reflect contemporary thinking and new information about the major events of the past decade.
During the twentieth century the disastrous effects of natural hazards have increased for reasons related to substantial population growth, the increasing vulnerability of marginal groups and, to some extent, the mis-managemnet of the environment. The past decade in particular has seen the most costly natural disasters in history: bushfires, floods, droughts, storms, earthquakes, and biological hazards. What causes these events? How do they affect human society? And how and to what extent can we manage them? These questions discussed rigorously and clearly in Natural Hazards. This second edition has been rewritten to reflect contemporary thinking and new information about the major events of the past decade.
