Hyndman, Donald W. <br/><br/>
Natural hazards & disasters /  eng 
 Natural hazards and disasters 
Donald Hyndman, University of Montana ; David Hyndman, Michigan State University. 
 - Fourth Edition. 
 - Australia ;  United States :  Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning,  2014. 
 - xviii, 555 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  28 cm 
<br/><br/> Previous edition: Australia: Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, 2011.  Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Natural hazards and disasters -- Plate tectonics and physical hazards -- Earthquakes and their causes -- Earthquake predictions, forecasts, and mitigation -- Tsunami -- Volcanoes : tectonic environments and eruptions -- Volcanoes : hazards and mitigation -- Landslides and other downslope movements -- Sinkholes, land subsidence, and swelling soils -- Weather, thunderstorms, and tornadoes -- Climate change -- Streams and flood processes -- Floods and human interactions -- Waves, beaches, and coastal erosion -- Hurricanes and nor'easters -- Wildfires -- Asteroid and comet impacts -- The future : where do we go from here? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781133598640 1133598641 
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<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB2A1989  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Natural disasters.<br/>Natural disasters--Case studies.<br/>Emergency management.<br/>Emergency management.<br/>Natural disasters.<br/>Naturkatastrophe<br/>Ursache<br/>Risikobewusstsein<br/>Katastrophenmanagement<br/>Natural disasters.<br/>Hazards.<br/>Emergency management.<br/>Case studies.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Case studies.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>363.34  / HYN