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Author : Jeff Groman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781402703232
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (32 download)
Download or read book The Atlas of Natural Disasters written by Jeff Groman and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how natural disasters occur and how they shape life on earth.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9787303181179
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (811 download)
Download or read book 世界自然灾害风险地图集 written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lesley Newson
Publisher : Viking Adult
ISBN 13 : 9780670883301
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (833 download)
Download or read book The Atlas of the World's Worst Natural Disasters written by Lesley Newson and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sarah Fecher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781854347954
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (479 download)
Download or read book Natural Disasters written by Sarah Fecher and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opening the world to the weird and wonderful, this book through facts, jokes and cartoons presents wild winds that suck houses into the air and giant earthquakes that rip open the ground.
Author : Peijun Shi
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3662454300
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (624 download)
Download or read book World Atlas of Natural Disaster Risk written by Peijun Shi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-11 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first English-language atlas to systematically introduce the environment, hazard, vulnerability and risk mapping for 11 natural disasters, i.e. earthquake, volcano, landslide, flood, storm surge, sand-dust storm, tropical cyclone, heat wave, cold wave, drought and wildfire, and risk mapping for multi-hazard disaster in the world. The above 11 hazards are assessed and mapped at grid unit, comparable-geographic unit and national unit, and the multi-hazard is assessed and mapped at grid unit and national unit. The expected annual mortality and/or affected population risks and expected annual economic loss and/or affected property risk of 11 hazards and multi-hazard of the world at national level are unprecedentedly derived and ranked. The atlas can be a good reference for researchers and students in the field of natural disaster risk management and risk governance, and enterpriser and risk manager as well to understand the global natural disaster risk. Prof. Peijun Shi works at Beijing Normal University, China; Prof. Roger Kasperson works at Clark University, USA.
Author : Suihan Yao
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Atlas of Natural Disasters in China written by Suihan Yao and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Systematically expresses the temporal and spatial patterns of natural disasters, the hazard-formative environment, hazard-affected bodies and hazard-formative factors.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (119 download)
Download or read book World Atlas of Natural Hazards written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bill McGuire
Publisher : Hodder Arnold
ISBN 13 : 9780340764053
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (64 download)
Download or read book World Atlas of Natural Hazards written by Bill McGuire and published by Hodder Arnold. This book was released on 2004 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the opening year of the new millennium, an astonishing one in every thirty people on the planet were affected by floods, storms, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other natural phenomena. Rapid-onset geophysical hazards (natural hazards or geohazards) have always exacted a devastating toll on society, both in terms of damage to property and infrastructure and loss of life. During the last millennium it is estimated that over 12 million deaths resulted from over one hundred thousand natural catastrophes triggered by geohazards. In the 20th century alone, the numbers of lives lost may be as high as 3.5 million, and there is little sign, at present, of the situation improving. In fact, the last three decades have seen a dramatic and worrying escalation, both in the numbers of natural catastrophes caused by geohazards, and in the accompanying economic and insured losses. This is partly due to the increasing concentration of both people and wealth in regions of high vulnerability, but the situation is exacerbated by extreme events associated with climate change and by direct human action such as deforestation and urbanisation. The World Atlas of Natural Hazards presents an authoritative yet accessible picture of the perils our planet and our society currently face and a view of the range and scale of threats that may be expected in the new century and beyond. The atlas incorporates a narrative that is driven by maps, images and graphics to paint portraits of natural hazards in space and time, the manner in which they impinge upon our society, and what we can do to avoid, mitigate, or manage their worst excesses. New research that sheds light on processes and mechanisms is addressed, along with established and innovative methodologies designed to limit the impact of natural hazards and reduce associated risk. The book opens with an introduction to the historical development of hazard and risk mapping and closes with a sober assessment of prospects for the future.
Author : Tim Cooke
Publisher : Park Lane Press
ISBN 13 : 9781906969110
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (691 download)
Download or read book Atlas of History's Greatest Disasters and Mistakes written by Tim Cooke and published by Park Lane Press. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title features 50 fascinating stories of human error and natural disaster. Insightful essays explain why things went wrong, and the effect they had on the people concerned.
Author : Clare Oliver
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780756791902
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (919 download)
Download or read book Natural Disasters written by Clare Oliver and published by . This book was released on 2005-05-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do volcanoes blow their tops? What's the difference between a tsunami & a tidal wave? How does a tornado begin? This book presents the foremost of Mother Nature's most destructive events for you to explore & understand: volcanoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, fires, droughts, avalanches, mud slides, asteroid strikes, tidal waves, great freezes, heat waves, & other natural events that sometimes intrude into our lives with often devastating effects. You'll find colorful 3D global maps that reveal where these disasters most often occur. Additional illustrations show the natural phenomena in action, as well as their causes, after-effects, & eyewitness accounts.
Author : Parris Lyew-Ayee
Publisher : University of West Indies Press
ISBN 13 : 9789766402594
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (25 download)
Download or read book Natural Hazards Atlas of Jamaica written by Parris Lyew-Ayee and published by University of West Indies Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors have creatively and persuasively designed an atlas of Jamaica focusing on the four principal natural hazards of earthquakes, hurricanes, floods and landslides in order to increase government and public awareness of hazards in the context of the island?s developmental and environmental problems.The work is divided into three sections in which the authors consider the physical geography of Jamaica; detail the common hazards that commonly affect Jamaica, and provide maps of each Jamaican parish indicating models of each hazard at a local scale.?The atlas is accessible to decision makers in central and local government, students and teachers in both secondary and tertiary institutions, and local communities. The academic challenge of putting the atlas together has been executed with painstaking detail and with considerable technical expertise and flair. The authors are to be congratulated on successfully negotiating the huge task of compiling detailed geo-coded information on natural hazards from both historical and contemporary sources and spatially correlating this information with salient features of Jamaica?s human and physical geography and geology. The result is an engaging collection of maps which offer fascinating insights into the multiple hazards that impact Jamaica.??David Barker, Head, Department of Geography and Geology, University of the West Indies, Jamaica Co-published with the Mona Geoinformatics Institute, University of the West Indies, Jamaica.
Author : Vladimir M. Kotlyakov
Publisher : EOLSS Publications
ISBN 13 : 1848263104
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (482 download)
Download or read book Natural Disasters - Volume II written by Vladimir M. Kotlyakov and published by EOLSS Publications. This book was released on 2010-08-19 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natural Disasters theme in two volumes is a component of Encyclopedia of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. Natural hazards arise unexpectedly, without any discernible regularity, and leave an indelible trace in nature, sometimes for many decades to come. At present they are appreciably complicated by anthropogenic influence, lending them an adverse and often catastrophic character. The susceptibility of a society to the impact of natural disasters is conditioned by the natural environment, and the vulnerability of the society to such phenomena is historically associated with the type of the nature management. Natural disasters can be of geological and hydrometeorological origin; the specific group of such phenomena is presented by natural disasters in mountains. This volume deals with the natural disaster and covers several topics, with a myriad of issues of great relevance to our world such as: Geological Catastrophes; Climate-Related Hazards; Mountain Disasters and Snow Avalanches, which are then expanded into multiple subtopics, each as a chapter. These two volumes are aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College Students Educators, Professional Practitioners, Research Personnel and Policy Analysts, Managers, and Decision Makers, NGOs and GOs.
Author : Robert Raymond Coenraads
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781921209659
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (96 download)
Download or read book Natural Disasters and how We Cope written by Robert Raymond Coenraads and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Natural Disasters' explores the hidden stories behind the disasters: the true causes and consequences, the tragedies and triumphs in remarkable stories of survival, and the ability of the human spirit to overcome extraordinary difficulties.
Author : Dina Ionesco
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317693108
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)
Download or read book The Atlas of Environmental Migration written by Dina Ionesco and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-11-25 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As climate change and extreme weather events increasingly threaten traditional landscapes and livelihoods of entire communities the need to study its impact on human migration and population displacement has never been greater. The Atlas of Environmental Migration is the first illustrated publication mapping this complex phenomenon. It clarifies terminology and concepts, draws a typology of migration related to environment and climate change, describes the multiple factors at play, explains the challenges, and highlights the opportunities related to this phenomenon. Through elaborate maps, diagrams, illustrations, case studies from all over the world based on the most updated international research findings, the Atlas guides the reader from the roots of environmental migration through to governance. In addition to the primary audience of students and scholars of environment studies, climate change, geography and migration it will also be of interest to researchers and students in politics, economics and international relations departments.
Author : Keith Lye
Publisher : Steck-Vaughn
ISBN 13 : 9780811496575
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (965 download)
Download or read book Earthquakes written by Keith Lye and published by Steck-Vaughn. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the phenomenon of earthquakes, how and where they can occur, what causes them, the damage they can create, and how they can be predicted. The What About? series presents topics simply and directly. Both striking photos and art in a bold style support the clear, concise text. Captions add further information about subject.
Author : Peijun Shi
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3662502704
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (625 download)
Download or read book Natural Disasters in China written by Peijun Shi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-05-18 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first English language book that systematically introduces the spatial and temporal patterns of major natural disasters in China from 1949 to 2014. It also reveals natural disaster formation mechanisms and processes, quantifies vulnerability to these disasters, evaluates disaster risks, summarizes the key strategies of integrated disaster risk governance, and analyzes large-scale disaster response cases in recent years in China. The book can be a good reference for researchers, students, and practitioners in the field of natural disaster risk management and risk governance for improving the understanding of natural disasters in China.
Author : Ben Knight
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783899554977
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (549 download)
Download or read book Around the World written by Ben Knight and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking through an atlas has always been a fascinating way to explore the world. Around the World is a contemporary evolution of an atlas tailored to our information age. With eye-catching graphics, current topics, and clear texts, the book is for anyone who is curious about the state of our planet and how we live today. Alongside classic facts about nature, history, population, culture, and politics, Around the World's compelling information graphics thoroughly explain complex processes that impact our lives such as global trade and changing demographics. The book gives added insight into our modern world through its visual exploration of subjects such as eating habits, overfishing, and internet providers, as well as events that have left indelible marks on our collective conscience including September 11, the Olympic Games, Japan's Fukushima disaster, and the sinking of the Titanic. Enthralling, attractive, and revealing, Around the World is a rich cornucopia of information about local peculiarities of global relevance that bring home the little differences--as well as the astoundingly large similarities--among the citizens of our world.
