Environmental Hazards: Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster (Fifth Edition)
Smith, Keith; Petley, David N.
Language: English
Published by Routledge, London, 2009
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xxix+383pp., Pictorial full colour photographic covers with hint of corner wear to front panel, preface by authors, ack., b/w plts. & illust. & text, diags., maps, tables, boxes, postscript, bibliog., index. The expanded fifth edition of Environmental Hazards provides a balanced overview of all the major rapid-onset events that threaten people and what they value in the twenty-first century. Size: Large Octavo.
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- Title
- Environmental Hazards: Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster (Fifth Edition)
- Author
- Smith, Keith; Petley, David N.
- Publisher
- Routledge, London
- Publication year
- 2009
- Condition
- As New
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0415428653
- ISBN 13
- 9780415428651
- Edition
- Fifth Edition.
The expanded fifth edition of Environmental Hazards provides a balanced overview of all the major rapid-onset events that threaten people and what they value in the twenty-first century. It integrates cutting-edge material from the physical and social sciences to demonstrate how natural and human systems interact to place communities of all sizes, and at all stages of economic development, at risk. It also shows how the existing losses to life and property can be reduced.
Part I of this established textbook defines basic concepts of hazard, risk, vulnerability and disaster. Critical attention is given to the evolution of theory, to the scale of disaster impact and to the various strategies that have been developed to minimise the impact of damaging events. Part II employs a consistent chapter structure to explain how individual hazards, such as earthquakes, severe storms, floods and droughts, plus biophysical and technological processes, create distinctive patterns of loss throughout the world. The ways in which different societies make a positive response to these threats are placed in the context of ongoing global change.
In this extensively revised edition:
- An entirely new and innovative chapter explains how modern-day complexity contributes to the generation of hazard and risk
- Additional material supplies fresh perspectives on landslides, biophysical hazards and the increasingly important role of global-scale processes
- The increased use of boxed sections allows a greater focus on significant generic issues and offers more opportunity to examine a carefully selected range of up-to-date case studies
- Each chapter now concludes with an annotated list of key resources, including further reading and relevant websites.
Environmental Hazards is a well-written and generously illustrated introduction to all the natural, social and technological events that combine to cause death and destruction across the globe. It draws on the latest research findings to guide the student from common problems, theories and policies to explore practical, real-world situations. This authoritative, yet accessible, book captures both the complexity and dynamism of environmental hazards and has become essential reading for students of every kind seeking to understand the nature and consequences of a most important contemporary issue.
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About the Author
Keith Smith is Emeritus Professor of Environmental Science, University of Stirling, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Dave Petley is currently Wilson Professor of Hazard and Risk in the Department of Geography, and Deputy Dean, in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Health at Durham University.
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