Principles of Applied Climatology

Science & Math

Smith, Keith

Environment

McGraw=Hill

A landmark series, The Oxford History of the Laws of England is the first full-length history of the English law that takes unpublished sources into account. The thirteen volumes will provide not merely a history of law, but also a history of English society through legal eyes. Given its unprecedented scope and coverage, this series will be an indispensable resource for law and history libraries.

The Oxford History of the Laws of England, Volumes XI, XII, and XIII: 1820-1914

History

Anderson, J Stuart

Cocks, Ray

Lobban, Michael

Polden, Patrick

Cornish,William

Europe

Oxford University Press

Practical silver-smithing & jewelry

Studio Vista

Environmental Hazards covers all major rapid-onset events, whether natural, human or technological in origin, which directly threaten human life on a community scale.This substantially revised and expanded 2nd edition includes important new global case studies and new sections on risk management and epidemics, disaster trends and Third World vulnerability, remote sensing, mass movements and droughts. Drawing from the most recent research, this edition offers an important new contribution in the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction and an essential text for students.

Environmental Hazards: Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster

Politics & Social Sciences

Smith, Prof. Keith

Social Sciences

Routledge

The 2nd edition of this acclaimed introductory text is extensively revised and updated to include important new global case studies and research. It examines all major rapid-onset events from both social and natural scientific viewpoints.

Environmental Hazards: 2nd Edition

Medical Books

Dentistry

Environmental Hazards: Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster (Routledge Physical Environment Series)

This substantially revised 3rd Edition of Environmental Hazards, argues that knowledge about hazards and hazard mitigation, must be better applied to reduce death and destruction, particularly in developing countries. All the major rapid onset events which directly threaten humans and what they value are covered: * tectonic hazards - earthquakes and volcanos * mass movement hazards * severe storm hazards * biophysical hazards - temperature extremes, epidemics and wildfires * hydrological hazards * technological hazards. The revised 3rd Edition includes new material on disaster debates and looks forward to future problems in the 21st century. This important book provides a balanced and up-to-date approach to environmental hazards and is ideally suited to act as a course text.

Astronomy & Space Science

The 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. It covers all the major rapid-onset events, whether natural, human or technological in origin which directly threaten humans and what they value.Environmental Hazards provides a lucid comprehensive introduction to both the theory and practice of hazards and their mitigation, drawing on interdisciplinary insights. It is essential reading for students of geography, environmental science, earth science and geology.

The 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. It covers all the major rapid-onset events, whether natural, human or technological in origin which directly threaten humans and what they value. Environmental Hazards provides a lucid comprehensive introduction to both the theory and practice of hazards and their mitigation, drawing on interdisciplinary insights. It is essential reading for students of geography, environmental science, earth science and geology.

The expanded fifth edition of Environmental Hazards provides a balanced overview of all the major rapid-onset events that threaten people and what they value in the twenty-first century. It integrates cutting-edge material from the physical and social sciences to demonstrate how natural and human systems interact to place communities of all sizes, and at all stages of economic development, at risk. It also shows how the existing losses to life and property can be reduced. Part I of this established textbook defines basic concepts of hazard, risk, vulnerability and disaster. Critical attention is given to the evolution of theory, to the scale of disaster impact and to the various strategies that have been developed to minimise the impact of damaging events. Part II employs a consistent chapter structure to explain how individual hazards, such as earthquakes, severe storms, floods and droughts, plus biophysical and technological processes, create distinctive patterns of loss throughout the world. The ways in which different societies make a positive response to these threats are placed in the context of ongoing global change. In this extensively revised edition: <ul>
<li>An entirely new and innovative chapter explains how modern-day complexity contributes to the generation of hazard and risk</li> <li>Additional material supplies fresh perspectives on landslides, biophysical hazards and the increasingly important role of global-scale processes </li> <li>The increased use of boxed sections allows a greater focus on significant generic issues and offers more opportunity to examine a carefully selected range of up-to-date case studies </li> <li>Each chapter now concludes with an annotated list of key resources, including further reading and relevant websites.</li> </ul> Environmental Hazards is a well-written and generously illustrated introduction to all the natural, social and technological events that combine to cause death and destruction across the globe. It draws on the latest research findings to guide the student from common problems, theories and policies to explore practical, real-world situations. This authoritative, yet accessible, book captures both the complexity and dynamism of environmental hazards and has become essential reading for students of every kind seeking to understand the nature and consequences of a most important contemporary issue.

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