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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Keith Smith |
| ISBN: | 0415318033 9780415318037 0415318041 9780415318044 0415428637 0415428653 9780415428637 9780415428651 |
| OCLC Number: | 53145347 |
| Description: | xiv, 306 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | I: The nature of hazard -- Hazard in the environment -- Dimensions of disaster -- Risk assessment and management -- Reducing the impacts of disaster -- II: The experience and reduction of hazard -- Tectonic hazards: earthquakes -- Tectonic hazards: volcanoes -- Mass movement hazards -- Severe storm hazards -- Biophysical hazards -- Hydrological hazards: floods -- Hydrological hazards: droughts -- Technological hazards -- Context hazards -- Postscript. |
| Responsibility: | Keith Smith. |
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"An excellent guide to the field of natural hazards: comprehensive, thorough, and well-organized."<br>-David Alexander, University of Massachusetts <br>"The author's master of this complicated subject is reflected in the way the book is clearly written and well-structured...an important accomplishment considering that the subject continues to cry out for debate and action."<br>-Environmental Politics <br>"One area that is particularly appreciated by both myself and students is the overview of what a hazard is...the manner in which each hazard is covered, in terms of causes followed by a series of options for mitigation, in both developed and developing countries, is very useful."<br>-C. Holt, University College Northampton <br>"In this third edition of "Environmental Hazards, Keith Smith has fashioned yet futher improvements to what was already a highly readable, well-informed, broad ranging, and accessible text. Essential reading for anyone interested in environmental hazards."<br>-David K.C. Jones, London School of Economics <br>"This completely revised edition blends physical and social science to provide a balanced, contemporary introduction to major natural events, technological accidents, and aspects of global environmental change that threaten humans and what they value."<br>-"Natural Hazards Observer, January 2005 <br> Read more...
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