Natural hazards and disasters [[Book] /]
Donald Hyndman, David Hyndman.
- 3rd ed.
- Australia : Brooks/Cole, 2011.
- 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?
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Natural disasters. Disasters -- United States. Environmental risk assessment -- United States. Emergency management-- United States.