Environmental hazards : assessing risk and reducing disaster /
by Smith, Keith.
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BookPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2004Edition: 4th ed.Description: xiv, 306 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0415318033 (alk. paper); 0415318041 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Natural disasters | Disasters | Environmental risk assessmentOnline resources: Table of contents only | Publisher description
Contents:
I: The nature of hazard -- Hazard in the environment -- Dimensions of disaster -- Risk assessment and management -- Reducing the impacts of disaster -- II: The experience and reduction of hazard -- Tectonic hazards: earthquakes -- Tectonic hazards: volcanoes -- Mass movement hazards -- Severe storm hazards -- Biophysical hazards -- Hydrological hazards: floods -- Hydrological hazards: droughts -- Technological hazards -- Context hazards -- Postscript.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [272]-299) and index.
I: The nature of hazard -- Hazard in the environment -- Dimensions of disaster -- Risk assessment and management -- Reducing the impacts of disaster -- II: The experience and reduction of hazard -- Tectonic hazards: earthquakes -- Tectonic hazards: volcanoes -- Mass movement hazards -- Severe storm hazards -- Biophysical hazards -- Hydrological hazards: floods -- Hydrological hazards: droughts -- Technological hazards -- Context hazards -- Postscript.
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