| Main Title |
Environmental hazards : assessing risk and reducing disaster / |
| Author |
Smith, Keith,
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| Publisher |
Routledge, |
| Year Published |
2002 |
| OCLC Number |
43787678 |
| ISBN |
0415224632; 9780415224635; 0415224640; 9780415224642 |
| Subjects |
Natural disasters ;
Milieurampen ;
Risicoanalyse ;
Natuurrampen ;
Catastrophes naturelles--Lutte contre ;
Naturskader
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Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| ELBM |
GB5014.S6 2002 |
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AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
12/01/2014 |
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| Edition |
3rd ed. |
| Collation |
xxiv, 392 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-380). |
| Contents Notes |
Pt. I. The nature of hazard. 1. Hazard in the environment. 2. Dimensions of disaster. 3. Risk assessment and disaster management. 4. Adjustment to hazard: accepting and sharing the loss. 5. Adjustment to hazard: reducing the loss. -- pt. II. The experience and reduction of hazard. 6. Tectonic hazards: earthquakes. 7. Tectonic hazards: volcanoes. 8. Mass movement hazards. 9. Severe storm hazards. 10. Biophysical hazards: temperature extremes, epidemics and wildfires. 11. Hydrological hazards: floods. 12. Hydrological hazards: droughts. 13. Technological hazards. 14. Conclusion. |
