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Environmental Hazardsby Keith Smith
Routledge 2004; US$ 74.95The fourth edition of Environmental Hazards continues to blend physical and social sciences to provide a thoroughly balanced, contemporary introduction to hazards analysis and mitigation strategies. more...
At Riskby Ben Wisner; Piers Blaikie; Terry Cannon; Ian Davis
Routledge 2003; US$ 71.95The new edition of At Risk confronts a further ten years of ever more expensive and deadly disasters since it was first published and argues that extreme natural events are not disasters until a vulnerable group of people is exposed. more...
The Mathematics Of Natural Catastrophesby G Woo
World Scientific 1999; US$ 75.40This is a unique book about natural catastrophes, focusing on the mathematical aspects of these phenomena. Although academic in style and didactic in purpose, it is practical in the treatment of the diverse issues covered, which range from hazard warning and forecasting to engineering design criteria and insurance loss estimation. Addressing as it does many mathematical topics not found together in a single volume, the book should be of value to all those with a quantitative educational interest in or professional concern for natural catastrophes. more...
Natural Hazardsby Edward Bryant
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 40.00This revised edition is a comprehensive, inter-disciplinary treatment of the full range of natural hazards. Accessible, readable and well supported by over 180 maps, diagrams and photographs, it is a standard text for students and an invaluable guide for professionals in the field. more...
The Environment as Hazardby Ian Burton; Robert W. Kates; Gilbert F. White
Guilford Press 1993; US$ 40.95The Environment as Hazard offers an understanding of how people around the world deal with dramatic fluctuations in the local natural systems of air, water, and terrain. more...
At Riskby P. Blaikie
Taylor & Francis 1994; US$ 54.95Examines the significance of the human factor which is as much of a cause of disasters as the natural environment. Practical and policy conclusions are drawn with a view to disaster reduction and the promotion of safer environments. more...
Extreme Events in Nature and Societyby S. Albeverio; V. Jentsch; H. Kantz
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2005; US$ 99.00Presents unifying and distinguishing features of extreme events, including problems of understanding and modelling their origin, spatial and temporal extension, and potential impact. This book aims to help in the difficult problem of anticipation: forecasting the event and proposing measures to moderate or prevent it. more...
Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazardsby Birkmann Joern
United Nations University Press 2006; US$ 39.00A seemingly non-stop series of disasters has shown that societies worldwide seem unprepared for the threats posed by natural hazards: Hurricane Katrina, drought in Africa; flooding in China and Germany; earthquakes in Pakistan and India; a tsunami in South-East Asia; and forest fires in Portugal, Australia and North America. The tragic impacts of these events drew short-term attention from policy makers, the media and the general public, but their response was too late to prevent serious harm. Societies need to measure their vulnerabilities in advance, and make adequate provisions. To do so, they have to understand the complex relationships between natural hazards and the related social, economic and environmental vulnerabilities. Recognizing... more...
International Perspectives on Natural Disastersby Lisa M. DeChano; John Lidstone; Joseph P. Stoltman
Springer 2006; US$ 239.00Presents the occurrences and distributions of natural disaster events and the responses and mitigation practices associated with them. This volume includes a CD-ROM containing electronic versions of the figures, which are all printed in black-and-white in the book. more...
Encyclopedia of Disasters [Two Volumes]by Angus M. Gunn
Greenwood Publishing Group 2007; US$ 175.00Provides an accessible introduction to the most important disasters - both natural and human caused - throughout human history more...









