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Impact! The Threat of Comets and Asteroids

Impact! The Threat of Comets and Asteroids
Author: Gerrit L. Verschuur (Professor of Physics, Professor of Physics, Rhodes College, Tennessee, USA) ISBN: 9780195119190 Format: Paperback	$49.95
In Impact, Gerrit L. Verschuur offers a look at collisions with our planet. He examines the possibility of new... Read More >>

Disasters by Design: A Reassessment of Natural Hazards in the United States

Disasters by Design: A Reassessment of Natural Hazards...
Author: Dennis S. Mileti , National Academy of Sciences ISBN: 9780309063609 Format: Hardback	$131.87
Provides an overview of what is known about natural hazards, disasters, recovery, and mitigation, how research findings... Read More >>

Geosciences and Human Survival, Environment, Natural Hazards, Global Change: Proceedings of the 30th International Geological Congress, Volume 2 & 3

Geosciences and Human Survival, Environment, Natural...
Author: Zhang Zonghu , E.F.J de Mulder ISBN: 9789067642606 Format: Hardback	$422.40
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Hazards in a Fickle Environment: Bangladesh

Hazards in a Fickle Environment: Bangladesh
Author: C.E. Haque ISBN: 9780792348696 Format: Hardback	$586.08
This book evolved from a collaborative research project between the University of Manitoba, Canada and Jahangirnagar... Read More >>

Perspectives on Tsunami Hazard Reduction: Observations, Theory and Planning

Perspectives on Tsunami Hazard Reduction: Observations,...
Author: Gerald T. Hebenstreit ISBN: 9780792348115 Format: Hardback	$311.52
The promontory of Gargano in the southern Adriatic Sea represents one of the most interesting Italian coastal zones... Read More >>

Natural Hazards, First Edition: Explanation and Integration

Natural Hazards, First Edition: Explanation and Integration...
Author: Burrell E Montz , Graham A. Tobin ISBN: 9781572300620 Format: Paperback	$118.80
Adopting an integrated approach to natural hazards that incorporates facets of both the physical and social sciences,... Read More >>

Floods: People at Risk - Strategies for Prevention

Floods: People at Risk - Strategies for Prevention
Author: United Nations ISBN: 9789211320213 Format: Hardback	$49.95
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Krakatau: The Destruction and Reassembly of an Island Ecosystem

Krakatau: The Destruction and Reassembly of an Island...
Author: Ian Thornton ISBN: 9780674505728 Format: Paperback	$72.95
On August 27, 1883, the island of Krakatau near Java erupted with a force nearly ten thousand times that of the... Read More >>

Historical and Prehistorical Earthquakes in the Caucasus: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Historical and Prehistorical Earthquakes in the Caucasus Yerevan, Armenia July 11–15, 1996

Historical and Prehistorical Earthquakes in the Caucasus:...
Author: D. Giardini , Serguei Balassanian ISBN: 9780792346142 Format: Hardback	$1211.76
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Yerevan, Armenia, July 11-15, 1996 Read More >>

The Hidden Curriculum - Faculty Made Tests in Science: Part 1: Lower-Division Courses Part 2: Upper-Division Courses

The Hidden Curriculum - Faculty Made Tests in Science:...
Author: Sheila Tobias , Jacqueline Raphael ISBN: 9780306455803 Format: Paperback	$171.47
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The Hidden Curriculum—Faculty-Made Tests in Science: Part 2: Upper-Division Courses

The Hidden Curriculum—Faculty-Made Tests in Science:...
Author: Sheila Tobias , Jacqueline Raphael ISBN: 9780306455810 Format: Paperback	$184.67
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The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea

The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea...
Author: Sebastian Junger ISBN: 9780393040166 Format: Hardback	$63.23
The bestselling book that became the blockbuster film starring George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, and Diane Lane. Read More >>

Report of the Observer Panel for the U.S.-Japan Earthquake Policy Symposium

Report of the Observer Panel for the U.S.-Japan Earthquake...
Author: U.S.-Japan Earthquake Policy Symposium Observer Panel , National Research Council ISBN: 9780309056915 Format: Paperback	$124.08
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Fire, Faults & Floods: A Road & Trail Guide Exploring the Origins of the Columbia River Basin

Fire, Faults & Floods: A Road & Trail Guide Exploring...
Author: Marge Mueller , Ted Mueller ISBN: 9780893012069 Format: Paperback	$52.67
Presents a collection of soaring cliffs, deep coulees, basalt dike walls, water-filled potholes, flood carved caves... Read More >>

Taming Storm Surges: When Ecology. Engineering, and Faith Meet

Taming Storm Surges: When Ecology. Engineering, and...
Author: Bob Onan ISBN: 9781880654330 Format: Paperback	$44.75
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Land-Based and Marine Hazards: Scientific and Management Issues

Land-Based and Marine Hazards: Scientific and Management...
Author: Mohammed I. El-Sabh , Srinivasan Venkatesh ISBN: 9780792340645 Format: Hardback	$422.40
More than 250 scientists, engineers and government officials from 20 countries met for the purpose of engaging... Read More >>

World Disasters Report 1996

World Disasters Report 1996
Author: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies ISBN: 9780198290797 Format: Paperback	$90.00
The Report provides up-to-date information and analysis of humanitarian disasters around the world. It also provides... Read More >>

World Disasters Report 1996

World Disasters Report 1996
Author: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies ISBN: 9780198290803 Format: Hardback	$120.00
The Report provides up-to-date information and analysis of humanitarian disasters around the world. It also provides... Read More >>

On Shaky Ground: New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-12

On Shaky Ground: New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-12
Author: Norma Hayes Bagnall ISBN: 9780826210548 Format: Paperback	$36.83
This text describes the series of earthquakes that shook the Mississippi valley from December 1811 to February 1812.... Read More >>

Reduction And Predictability Of Natural Disasters

Reduction And Predictability Of Natural Disasters
Author: John Rundle , William Klein ISBN: 9780201870497 Format: Paperback	$105.00
""Within the past five years, the international community has recognized that it may be possible, through programs... Read More >>

Disaster and Development in the Horn of Africa

Disaster and Development in the Horn of Africa
Author: John Sorenson ISBN: 9780333607992 Format: Hardback	$290.37
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Defence from Floods and Floodplain Management

Defence from Floods and Floodplain Management
Author: John Gardiner , Odon Starosolszky ISBN: 9780792337058 Format: Hardback	$1000.56
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Budapest, Hungary, April 26--May 7, 1994 Read More >>

Geographical Information Systems in Assessing Natural Hazards

Geographical Information Systems in Assessing Natural...
Author: Alberto Carrara , Fausto Guzzetti ISBN: 9780792335023 Format: Hardback	$472.56
The 16 contributions to Geographical Information Systems in Assessing Natural Hazards report on GIS investigations... Read More >>

Tsunami: Progress in Prediction, Disaster Prevention and Warning

Tsunami: Progress in Prediction, Disaster Prevention...
Author: Yoshito Tsuchiya † , Nobuo Shuto ISBN: 9780792334835 Format: Hardback	$604.56
Includes contributions to Sixteenth International Tsunami Symposium, TSUNAMI 93, under three headings: Tsunami Generation,... Read More >>

Earthquake and Casualties

Earthquake and Casualties
Author: Bahram Hojabri ISBN: 9781585000937 Format: Paperback	$28.64
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