Natural hazards and disasters / Donald Hyndman, David Hyndman.

By: Hyndman, Donald WContributor(s): Hyndman, David WMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Australia ; Belmont, Calif. : Brooks/Cole, c2011Edition: 3rd edDescription: xx, 571 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cmISBN: 9780538737524 (Student ed.); 0538737522 (Student ed.); 9780538737531 (Instructor's ed.); 0538737530 (Instructor's ed.)Subject(s): Natural disasters | Disasters -- United States | Environmental risk assessment -- United States | Emergency management -- United StatesDDC classification: 363.34 LOC classification: GB5014 | .H95 2011
Contents:
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?
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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?

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