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100 _aPaul, Bimal Kanti
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245 _aEnvironmental hazards and disasters:
_bcontexts, perspectives and management /
_cby Bimal Kanti Paul
260 _bJohn Wiley,
_c2011.
_aWest Sussex:
300 _axi,: 322p.
505 _a1.Introduction -- 2.History and development of hazard studies in geography -- 3.Vulnerability, resiliency, and risk -- 4.Disaster effects and impacts -- 5.Disaster cycles : mitigation and preparedness -- 6.Disaster cycles : response and recovery -- 7.Disaster relief -- 8.Hazards/disasters : special topics.
520 _aEnvironmental Hazards and Disasters: Contexts, Perspectives and Management focuses on manifested threats to humans and their welfare as a result of natural disasters. The book uses an integrative approach to address socio-cultural, political and physical components of the disaster process. Human and social vulnerability as well as risk to environmental hazards are explored within the comprehensive context of diverse natural hazards and disasters. In addition to scientific explanations of disastrous occurrences, people and governments of hazard-prone countries often have their own interpretation.
650 _aHazardous geographic environments.
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