Natural hazards & disasters - Hyndman, Donald W.; Hyndman, David W. (Boston, MA Cengage Learning, 2014)
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?
Previous edition: Australia: Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, 2011.
Includes index.
300-399
Keywords: Natural disasters; Natural disasters -- Case studies; Emergency management; Case studies