Natural Disasters

List of contents

The geophysical agents; earthquakes and volcanoes; atmospheric and hydrological hazards; disasters and the land surface; the human impact and response; damage and the built environment; the logistics of planning and emergency action; medical emergencies; the Third World; disasters and socio-economic systems; conclusion - towards an international strategy against disasters.

About the author

David Alexander

Summary

An introductory text on natural disasters, combining an authoritative treatment of the physical basis of the subject with a well informed perspective on the social, political and economic dimensions so important to a true understanding.

Product details

• Authors: David Alexander, Alexander David, Department of Geology and Geography David Alexander Associate Professor, David Alexander Associate Professor Department of Geology and Geography University of Massachusetts Amherst USA.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.07.1993
• EAN: 9781857280937
• ISBN: 978-1-85728-093-7
• No. of pages: 654
• Weight: 660 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, NATURE / Natural Disasters, Geophysics, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, SCIENCE / Physics / Geophysics, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, environmental science, engineering & technology, Social impact of disasters, Earth Sciences, Natural disasters, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made)