Natural Disasters

This book discusses resilient urban water resources management in the context of climate change and ongoing urbanization. Twelve cities worldwide r...

In 1950, the biggest firestorm documented in North Americaone fire alone burned 3,500,000 acres of boreal forest in northern Alberta and British Co...

The 11 March 2011, earthquake and tsunami that occurred in Japan followed by the nuclear crisis are having a large negative impact on the economy o...

Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes affect communities across the United States every year, causing fatalities, destroying property and crops, and d...

On May 18, 1980, people all over the world watched with awe and horror as Mount St. Helens erupted. Fifty-seven people were killed and hundreds of ...

This book explores the relationship between tourism and high-magnitude storm events, including cyclones, hurricanes and typhoons and flooding, acro...

Disasters cause economic as well as human losses. Indeed, economic losses associated directly with disasters have continued at increasing proportio...

We live in a world which continues to experience dramatic suffering and loss of life due to natural hazard. The disaster paradigm has accelerated e...

Communities affected by natural disasters are often stigmatized as being passive with regard to disaster prevention, mitigation and adaptation, wai...

This book explores the relationship between tourism and high-magnitude storm events, including cyclones, hurricanes and typhoons and flooding, acro...

Succeed in your course with Hyndman/Hyndman's NATURAL HAZARDS AND DISASTERS, 6e. The authors provide easy-to-understand coverage of the geological ...

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