TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hyndman,Donald W.
AU  - Hyndman,David W.
TI  - Natural hazards and disasters
SN  - 9780538737524 (Student ed.)
AV  - GB5014 .H95 2011
U1  - 363.34 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Australia, Belmont, Calif.
PB  - Brooks/Cole
KW  - Natural disasters
KW  - Disasters
KW  - United States
KW  - Environmental risk assessment
KW  - Emergency management
N1  - 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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