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
Natural disasters.--Textbooks.
Disasters --United States --Textbooks
Environmental risk assessment --United States--Textbooks.
Emergency management --United States--Textbooks.
GB5014 / .H95 2014
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
Natural disasters.--Textbooks.
Disasters --United States --Textbooks
Environmental risk assessment --United States--Textbooks.
Emergency management --United States--Textbooks.
GB5014 / .H95 2014