Environmental Hazards: Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster
Author:   Keith Smith
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
ISBN:  

9780415122047


Pages:   416
Publication Date:   11 April 1996
Format:   Paperback
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Extreme geophysical events and an increasing array of technological hazards continue to put people and life at risk. The 2nd edition of Environmental Hazards offers up-to-date coverage of all major rapid-onset events - seismic, mass movement, atmospheric, hydrological and technological hazards - which directly threaten human life on a community scale. Presenting a complete introduction to enviromental hazards, this 2nd Edition has been expanded and enhanced with important new case studies, illustrations, statistical data and new material on mass movements and Third World vulnerability. Taking account of the most recent conceptual advances and insights from both earth and social sciences, this book offers an important contribution in the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction.

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Author:   Keith Smith
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.690kg
ISBN:  

9780415122047


ISBN 10:   041512204
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   11 April 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

PART ONE: The Nature of Hazard. 1. Hazard in the Environment, 2. Dimensions of Disaster, 3. Risk Assessment and 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. Tectonic Hazards - Volcanoes, 8. Mass Movement Hazards, 9. Atmospheric Hazards - Severe storms, 10. Biophysical Hazards - Thermal Extremes, Epideics and Wildfires, 11. Hydrological Hazards -Floods, 12. Hydrological Hazards -Droughts, 13. Technological Hazards.

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