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RECORD NUMBER: 38 OF 121Main Title | Environmental hazards : assessing risk and reducing disaster / | |||||||||||
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Author | Smith, Keith, | |||||||||||
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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Edition | 3rd ed. | |||||||||||
Collation | xxiv, 392 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-380). |
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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. |