Keith Smith, Carina J. Fearnley, Deborah Dixon, Deanne K. Bird, Ilan Kelman

Environmental Hazards (eBook, ePUB)

Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The seventh edition of Environmental Hazards provides a much expanded and fully up-to-date overview of all the extreme environmental events that threaten people and what they value in the 21st century globally.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 660
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351261623
• Artikelnr.: 69118439

Autorenporträt

Keith Smith was Emeritus Professor at the University of Stirling, UK.

Carina J. Fearnley is Professor in Science Communication and Warning Research at University College London in the Department of Science and Technology Studies.

Deborah Dixon is Professor of Geography in the School of Geographical & Earth Sciences at the University of Glasgow, UK.

Deanne K. Bird is Adjunct Research Fellow at the Monash University Disaster Resilience Initiative, Australia, and a Research Specialist with the Nordic Centre of Excellence on Resilience and Societal Security (NORDRESS), University of Iceland.

Ilan Kelman is Professor of Disasters and Health in the Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction and Institute for Global Health at the University College London, UK and Professor II at the University of Agder, Norway.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Mami Mizutori Part One: The Nature of Hazard Chapter 1
Hazard in the Environment Chapter 2
Dimensions of Disaster Chapter 3
Vulnerability, Resilience, and Sustainability Chapter 4
Risk Assessment and Management Chapter 5
Disaster Risk Reduction Part Two: The Experience and Reduction of Hazard Chapter 6
Earthquake hazards Chapter 7
Volcanic hazards Chapter 8
Tsunami hazards Chapter 9
Mass Movements Chapter 10
Storms Chapter 11
Floods Chapter 12
Drought Chapter 13
Extreme Temperatures Chapter 14
Wildfires Chapter 15
Epidemic Diseases Part Three: Environmental Hazard and Risk in an Anthropocene Chapter 16
Anthropocene Changes Chapter 17
Industrial and Waste Hazards Chapter 18
Climate and Beyond Chapter 19
Using Environmental Hazards Knowledge for Action