Natural hazards and disasters /

Hyndman, Donald

Natural hazards and disasters / by Donald Hyndman - 2nd - Belmont, Brooks/cole, Cengage Learning : 2009. - xx,555p.

1. Natural Hazards and Disasters --
2. Plate Tectonics and Physical Hazards--
3. Earthquakes and Their Causes--
4. Earthquake Prediction and Mitigation--
5. Tsunami--
6. Volcanoes: Tectonic Environments and Eruptions--
7. Volcanoes: Hazards and Mitigation--
8. Landslides and Other Downslope Movements--
9. Sinkholes, Land Subsidence, and Swelling Soils--
10. Climate Change and Weather Related to Hazards--
11. Streams and Flood Processes--
12. Floods and Human Interactions--
13. Waves, Beaches, and Coastal Erosion--
14. Hurricanes and Nor'easters--
15. Thunderstorms and Tornadoes--
16. Wildfires--
17. Impact of Asteroids and Comets--
18. The Future: Where Do We Go from Here?

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