Natural hazards and disasters /
Hyndman, Donald W.
Natural hazards and disasters / Donald Hyndman, David Hyndman. - 3rd ed. - Australia ; Belmont, Calif. : Brooks/Cole, c2011. - xx, 571 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cm.
Includes index.
Natural hazards and disasters -- Plate tectonics and physical hazards -- Earthquakes and their causes -- Earthquake prediction and mitigation -- Tsunami -- Volcanoes: tectonic environments and eruptions -- Volcanoes: hazards and mitigation -- Landslides and other downslope movements -- Sinkholes, land subsidence, and swelling soils -- Climate change and weather related to hazards -- Streams and flood processes -- Floods and human interactions -- Waves, beaches, and coastal erosion -- Hurricanes and nor'easters -- Thunderstorms and tornadoes -- Wildfires -- Impact of asteroids and comets -- The future: where do we go from here?
9780538737524 (Student ed.) 0538737522 (Student ed.) 9780538737531 (Instructor's ed.) 0538737530 (Instructor's ed.)
2010923645
Natural disasters.
Disasters--United States.
Environmental risk assessment--United States.
Emergency management--United States.
GB5014 / .H95 2011
363.34
Natural hazards and disasters / Donald Hyndman, David Hyndman. - 3rd ed. - Australia ; Belmont, Calif. : Brooks/Cole, c2011. - xx, 571 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cm.
Includes index.
Natural hazards and disasters -- Plate tectonics and physical hazards -- Earthquakes and their causes -- Earthquake prediction and mitigation -- Tsunami -- Volcanoes: tectonic environments and eruptions -- Volcanoes: hazards and mitigation -- Landslides and other downslope movements -- Sinkholes, land subsidence, and swelling soils -- Climate change and weather related to hazards -- Streams and flood processes -- Floods and human interactions -- Waves, beaches, and coastal erosion -- Hurricanes and nor'easters -- Thunderstorms and tornadoes -- Wildfires -- Impact of asteroids and comets -- The future: where do we go from here?
9780538737524 (Student ed.) 0538737522 (Student ed.) 9780538737531 (Instructor's ed.) 0538737530 (Instructor's ed.)
2010923645
Natural disasters.
Disasters--United States.
Environmental risk assessment--United States.
Emergency management--United States.
GB5014 / .H95 2011
363.34