Environmental hazards: assessing risk and reducing disaster /
by Keith Smith
- 5th ed.
- London: Routledge, 2009.
- xxix, 383p.
1.The nature of hazard-- 2.The experience and reduction of hazard.
The fourth edition of Environmental Hazards continues to blend physical and social sciences to provide a throughly balancved, contemporary introduction to hazards analysis and mitigation strategies. It covers all the major rapid-onset events, whether natural, human, or technological in origin that directly threaten humans and what they value.