Buch, Englisch, 420 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 835 g
Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster
Buch, Englisch, 420 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 835 g
ISBN: 978-0-415-22463-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
This substantially revised 3rd Edition of Environmental Hazards, argues that knowledge about hazards and hazard mitigation, must be better applied to reduce death and destruction, particularly in developing countries. All the major rapid onset events which directly threaten humans and what they value are covered:* tectonic hazards - earthquakes and volcanos* mass movement hazards* severe storm hazards* biophysical hazards - temperature extremes, epidemics and wildfires* hydrological hazards* technological hazards.The revised 3rd Edition includes new material on disaster debates and looks forward to future problems in the 21st century. This important book provides a balanced and up-to-date approach to environmental hazards and is ideally suited to act as a course text.
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Part One - The Nature of Hazard; 1:Hazard in the Environment; 2:Dimensions of Disaster; 3:Risk Assessment and Disaster Management; 4:Adjustment to Hazard:Accepting and Sharing the Loss; 5:Adjustment to Hazard:Reducing the Loss; Part Two - The Experience and Reduction of Hazard; 6:Tectonic Hazards - Earthquakes; 7:Tectonics Hazards - Volcanoes; 8:Mass Movement Hazards; 9:Severe Storm Hazards; 10:Biophysical Hazards - Temperature Extremes, Epidemics and Wildfires; 11:Hydrological Hazards - Floods; 12:Hydrological Hazards - Droughts; 13:Technological Hazards; 14:Conclusion
