Environmental hazards : (Record no. 8993)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0-203-88480-9
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number e-book (MDP)
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Smith, K.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Environmental hazards :
Remainder of title assessing risk and reducing disaster /
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 5th
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc USA :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Routledge,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2009.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xxx, 383 p. :
Other physical details ill. ;
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and index
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS<br/>FIFTH EDITION<br/><br/>The expanded fifth edition of Environmental Hazards provides a balanced overview of all the major<br/>rapid-onset events that threaten people and what they value in the twenty-first century. It integrates<br/>cutting-edge material from the physical and social sciences to demonstrate how natural and human<br/>systems interact to place communities of all sizes, and at all stages of economic development, at risk.<br/>It also shows how the existing losses to life and property can be reduced. Part I of this established<br/>textbook defines basic concepts of hazard, risk, vulnerability and disaster. Critical attention is given<br/>to the evolution of theory, to the scale of disaster impact and to the various strategies that have been<br/>developed to minimise the impact of damaging events. Part II employs a consistent chapter structure<br/>to explain how individual hazards, such as earthquakes, severe storms, floods and droughts, plus<br/>biophysical and technological processes, create distinctive patterns of loss throughout the world. The<br/>ways in which different societies make a positive response to these threats are placed in the context<br/>of ongoing global change.<br/>This extensively revised edition includes:<br/>• An entirely new and innovative chapter explaining how modern-day complexity contributes to<br/>the generation of hazard and risk<br/>• Additional material supplies fresh perspectives on landslides, biophysical hazards and the<br/>increasingly important role of global-scale processes<br/>• The increased use of boxed sections allows a greater focus on significant generic issues and offers<br/>more opportunity to examine a carefully selected range of up-to-date case studies<br/>• Each chapter now concludes with an annotated list of key resources, including further reading and<br/>relevant websites.<br/>Environmental Hazards is a well-written and generously illustrated introduction to all the natural, social<br/>and technological events that combine to cause death and destruction across the globe. It draws on the<br/>latest research findings to guide the student from common problems, theories and policies to explore<br/>practical, real-world situations. This authoritative – yet accessible – book captures both the complexity<br/>and dynamism of environmental hazards and has become essential reading for students of every kind<br/>seeking to understand the nature and consequences of a most important contemporary issue.<br/>Keith Smith is Emeritus Professor of Environmental Science, University of Stirling, and a Fellow of the<br/>Royal Society of Edinburgh.<br/>Dave Petley is currently Wilson Professor of Hazard and Risk in the Department of Geography, and<br/>Deputy Dean, in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Health at Durham University.
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Personal name Petley, D. N.
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