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Natural hazards & disasters / Donald Hyndman, University of Montana ; David Hyndman, Michigan State University. eng

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Australia ; United States : Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, 2014.Edition: Fourth EditionDescription: xviii, 555 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781133598640
  • 1133598641
Other title:
  • Natural hazards and disasters
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 363.34 23 HYN
Online resources:
Contents:
Natural hazards and disasters -- Plate tectonics and physical hazards -- Earthquakes and their causes -- Earthquake predictions, forecasts, and mitigation -- Tsunami -- Volcanoes : tectonic environments and eruptions -- Volcanoes : hazards and mitigation -- Landslides and other downslope movements -- Sinkholes, land subsidence, and swelling soils -- Weather, thunderstorms, and tornadoes -- Climate change -- Streams and flood processes -- Floods and human interactions -- Waves, beaches, and coastal erosion -- Hurricanes and nor'easters -- Wildfires -- Asteroid and comet impacts -- The future : where do we go from here?
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Lending Books Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration 363.34 HYN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 33766

Previous edition: Australia: Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, 2011.

Includes index.

Natural hazards and disasters -- Plate tectonics and physical hazards -- Earthquakes and their causes -- Earthquake predictions, forecasts, and mitigation -- Tsunami -- Volcanoes : tectonic environments and eruptions -- Volcanoes : hazards and mitigation -- Landslides and other downslope movements -- Sinkholes, land subsidence, and swelling soils -- Weather, thunderstorms, and tornadoes -- Climate change -- Streams and flood processes -- Floods and human interactions -- Waves, beaches, and coastal erosion -- Hurricanes and nor'easters -- Wildfires -- Asteroid and comet impacts -- The future : where do we go from here?

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