Environmental Hazards : Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster.

By: Smith, Prof KeithContributor(s): Smith, KeithMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Physical EnvironmentPublisher: London : Routledge, 2003Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 4th edDescription: 1 online resource (321 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203595015Subject(s): DisastersGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Environmental Hazards : Assessing Risk and Reducing DisasterDDC classification: 363.7 LOC classification: GB5014 \.SOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS Assessing risk and reducing disaster -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface to the fourth edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Acknowledgements -- Part I The Nature of Hazard -- 1 Hazard in the Environment -- 2 Dimensions of Disaster -- 3 Risk Assessment and Management -- 4 Reducing the Impacts of Diaster -- Part II The Experience and Reduction of Hazard -- 5 Tectonic Hazards: Earthquakes -- 6 Tectonic Hazards: Volcanoes -- 7 Mass Movement Hazards -- 8 Severe Storm Hazards -- 9 Biophysical Hazards -- 10 Hydrological Hazards: Floods -- 11 Hydrological Hazards: Droughts -- 12 Technological Hazards -- 13 Context Hazards -- 14 Postscript -- Appendix: Some useful web pages -- References -- Index.
Summary: The fourth edition of Environmental Hazards continues to blend physical and social sciences to provide a thoroughly balanced, contemporary introduction to hazards analysis and mitigation strategies. It covers all the major rapid-onset events, whether natural, human or technological in origin which directly threaten humans and what they value. Environmental Hazards provides a lucid comprehensive introduction to both the theory and practice of hazards and their mitigation, drawing on interdisciplinary insights. It is essential reading for students of geography, environmental science, earth science and geology.
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Intro -- ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS Assessing risk and reducing disaster -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface to the fourth edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Acknowledgements -- Part I The Nature of Hazard -- 1 Hazard in the Environment -- 2 Dimensions of Disaster -- 3 Risk Assessment and Management -- 4 Reducing the Impacts of Diaster -- Part II The Experience and Reduction of Hazard -- 5 Tectonic Hazards: Earthquakes -- 6 Tectonic Hazards: Volcanoes -- 7 Mass Movement Hazards -- 8 Severe Storm Hazards -- 9 Biophysical Hazards -- 10 Hydrological Hazards: Floods -- 11 Hydrological Hazards: Droughts -- 12 Technological Hazards -- 13 Context Hazards -- 14 Postscript -- Appendix: Some useful web pages -- References -- Index.

The fourth edition of Environmental Hazards continues to blend physical and social sciences to provide a thoroughly balanced, contemporary introduction to hazards analysis and mitigation strategies. It covers all the major rapid-onset events, whether natural, human or technological in origin which directly threaten humans and what they value. Environmental Hazards provides a lucid comprehensive introduction to both the theory and practice of hazards and their mitigation, drawing on interdisciplinary insights. It is essential reading for students of geography, environmental science, earth science and geology.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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