Environmental hazards : assessing risk and reducing disaster /
Environmental Hazards covers all major rapid-onset events, whether natural, human or technological in origin, which directly threaten human life on a community scale. Combining insights from both the natural and social sciences, this book offers a complete introduction to environmental hazards. A br...
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| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1996
London ; New York : c1996 London ; New York : 1996 |
| Edition: | 2nd ed |
| Series: | Routledge physical environment series
Routledge physical environment series |
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Table of Contents:
- 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
- 6. Tectonic Hazards: Earthquakes
- 7. Tectonic Hazards: Volcanoes
- 8. Mass Movement Hazards
- 9. Atmospheric Hazards: Severe Storms
- 10. Biophysical Hazards: Temperature Extremes, Epidemics and Wildfires
- 11. Hydrological Hazards: Floods
- 12. Hydrological Hazards: Droughts
- 13. Technological Hazards
- 14. Conclusion
- 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
- 6. Tectonic Hazards: Earthquakes
- 7. Tectonic Hazards: Volcanoes
- 8. Mass Movement Hazards
- 9. Atmospheric Hazards: Severe Storms
- 10. Biophysical Hazards: Temperature Extremes, Epidemics and Wildfires
- 11. Hydrological Hazards: Floods
- 12. Hydrological Hazards: Droughts
- 13. Technological Hazards
- 14. Conclusion.