Drawing on global case studies, this is the first book to outline and elaborate on the ways that human geography has extended our understanding of disasters.
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Like the deadly tornadoes it documents, this potent combination of high adventure and hard science is terrifyingly timely in our era of global warming and climate change. The Weather Channel, now Am……続きを見る
Fire is a natural part of the Australian bush. This is a story about that relationship – fire that breathes life back into nature.
Alight shares the story of Australian native plants and animals dur……続きを見る
La erupción del volcán Puyehue-Cordón Caulle en 2011 impactó en la Norpatagonia, afectando a la sociedad y su entorno natural. Este libro recupera la memoria de los habitantes y analiza estrategias ……続きを見る
The primary goal here is to present a treatise on the significance and value of coarse clastic carbonate sediments (i.e. large coral boulders) on tropical coastlines for understanding both modern an……続きを見る
This study develops a methodology for rapidly obtaining approximate estimates of the economic consequences from numerous natural, man-made and technological threats. This software tool is intended f……続きを見る
This book discusses the geology, hydrogeology, and water quality/geochemistry of karst systems in geologically young terrain, using the state of Florida as an example. Also discussed are sinkhole-de……続きを見る
Part memoir, part expert analysis, Disasterology is a passionate and personal account of a country in crisisーone unprepared to deal with the disasters of today and those looming in our future.
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If Hurricane Ike had made landfall just fifty miles down the Texas coast, the devastation and death caused by what was already one of the most destructive hurricanes in US history would have quadrup……続きを見る
