| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: Monograph/item
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| Title/Author: |
Natural hazards/ Edward Bryant. |
| Author: |
Bryant, Edward, |
| Published: |
Cambridge :Cambridge University Press, : c2005., |
| Description: |
xvi, 312 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm. |
| Notes: |
Title from ebook title screen (viewed on June 7, 2005). |
| [NT 15003449]: |
Introduction to natural hazards -- Climatic hazards -- Mechanisms of climate variability -- Large-scale storms as a hazard -- Localized storms -- Drought as a hazard -- Flooding as a hazard -- Fires in nature -- Oceanic hazards -- Geological hazards -- Causes and prediction of earthquakes and volcanoes -- Earthquakes and Tsunami as hazards -- Volcanoes as a hazard -- Land instability as a hazard -- Social impact -- Personal and group response to hazards. |
| Subject: |
Natural disasters. - |
| Online resource: |
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=132310An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information |
| ISBN: |
0511080980 (electronic bk.) |