Hazards and Responses
Published on 12. June 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-0-00-326689-4 (ISBN)
Description
This text examines hazards and responses. The book provides relevant case studies and employs a range of scales and locations to discuss economically developed, developing and newly industrialized countries. The topics covered include - climatic processes and geomorphological processes.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
320 colour illustrations and photographs, maps, charts, diagrams
Dimensions
Height: 276 mm
Width: 220 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-00-326689-4 (9780003266894)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
What is a hazard?; hazards and socio-economic systems; tectonic processes - earthquakes; tectonic processes - volcanoes and tsunami; climatic processes; geomorphological processes; biological hazards; multiple hazards and planning for the future.