| Main Title |
Natural hazards and environmental change / |
| Author |
McGuire, Bill,
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| Other Authors |
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| Publisher |
Arnold ; Oxford University Press, |
| Year Published |
2002 |
| OCLC Number |
47193563 |
| ISBN |
0340742194 (hb); 9780340742198 (hb); 0340742208 (pb); 9780340742204 (pb) |
| Subjects |
Natural disasters--Environmental aspects ;
Ecological disturbances
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| Internet Access |
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EIAM |
GB5014.M3964 2002 |
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Region 2 Library/New York,NY |
09/27/2002 |
| ELAM |
GB5014.M3964 2002 |
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Region 5 Library/Chicago,IL |
06/18/2012 |
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| Collation |
xii, 187 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-180). |
| Contents Notes |
Natural hazards : an introduction -- Windstorms in a warmer world -- Floods and other weather-related hazards in a changing climate -- Landslides and environmental change -- Volcanoes and environmental change -- Sea-level change as a trigger of natural hazards -- Asteroid and comet impacts as initiators of environmental change -- Environmental change and natural hazards : prospects for the future. This text highlights and critically evaluates the accumulating evidence for an intimate link between natural hazards - both in terms of type and frequency - and environmental change. |
