Natural hazards & disasters / Donald Hyndman, University of Montana ; David Hyndman, Michigan State University.

By: Hyndman, Donald W
Contributor(s): Hyndman, David W
Language: English Publisher: Boston, MA Cengage Learning 2014Edition: Fourth EditionDescription: xviii, 555 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781133598640Other title: Natural hazards and disastersSubject(s): Natural disasters | Natural disasters -- Case studies | Emergency managementGenre/Form: Case studies.DDC classification: 363.34 LOC classification: GB5014 | .H95 2014Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Table of contents only
Contents:
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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Previous edition: Australia: Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, 2011.

Includes index.

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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