Natural hazards and disasters / Donald Hyndman and David Hyndman.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Belmont, Calif. : Brooks/Cole, c2011.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xx, 571 p. : ill., maps. ; 28 cmISBN:- 9780538737548
- GB5014 .H95 2011
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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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