Natural hazards
The book describes and explains the natural hazards, examines prediction methods, considers recent and historical case-studies of notables hazard events and explores the social impact of such disasters. *) Climatic hazards include: tropical cyclones, tornadoes, large storms and winds; oceanographic...
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Cambridge, United Kigdom
Cambridge Univ. Press
1991
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| Thư viện lưu trữ: | Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ |
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| Sammanfattning: | The book describes and explains the natural hazards, examines prediction methods, considers recent and historical case-studies of notables hazard events and explores the social impact of such disasters. *) Climatic hazards include: tropical cyclones, tornadoes, large storms and winds; oceanographic hazards such as waves, sea-ice, sea level rise and beach erosion; drought, flood, hail, lightning snow and bushfires. *) Geographical hazards include: earthquakes and volcanoes, and associated events auch as tsunami, lava flows and atmospheric effects; and land instability |
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