Main Title |
Environmental hazards : assessing risk and reducing disaster / |
Author |
Smith, Keith,
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Publisher |
Routledge, |
Year Published |
2004 |
OCLC Number |
53145347 |
ISBN |
0415318033; 9780415318037; 0415318041; 9780415318044; 0415428637; 0415428653; 9780415428637; 9780415428651 |
Subjects |
Natural disasters ;
Environmental risk assessment ;
Natuurrampen ;
Milieurampen ;
Risicoanalyse ;
Naturkatastrophe ;
Naturkatastrophe--(DE-588)4041387-1 ;
Catastrophes naturelles ;
Environnement--Evaluation du risque
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EJEM |
GB5014.S6 2004 |
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OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC |
10/28/2005 |
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Edition |
4th ed. |
Collation |
xiv, 306 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-299) and index. |
Contents Notes |
I: The nature of hazard -- Hazard in the environment -- Dimensions of disaster -- Risk assessment and management -- Reducing the impacts of disaster -- II: The experience and reduction of hazard -- Tectonic hazards: earthquakes -- Tectonic hazards: volcanoes -- Mass movement hazards -- Severe storm hazards -- Biophysical hazards -- Hydrological hazards: floods -- Hydrological hazards: droughts -- Technological hazards -- Context hazards -- Postscript. |