Natural hazards & disasters

Hyndman, Donald

Natural hazards & disasters Donald Hyndman and David Hyndman, - 4th ed. - Australia : Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, c2014 - xviii, 555 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?

978133598640


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GB5014 / .H95 2014