Environmental Hazards: Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster

by Smith; Keith

• ISBN13: 9780415318044
• ISBN10: 0415318041
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2004-07-02
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The fourth edition ofEnvironmental Hazardscontinues to blend physical and social sciences to provide a thoroughly balanced, contemporary introduction to hazards analysis and mitigation strategies. It covers all the major rapid-onset events, whether natural, human, or technological in origin that directly threaten humans and what they value The revised edition includes increased coverage of biophysical and technological hazards. Additional material has also been added on vulnerability, asteroids, wildfires, and disaster mitigation success. The new edition also benefits from a larger format, allowing improved presentation of figures and photographs, which have also been updated and replaced throughout. Boxed features have been introduced to define key terms and outline the science underpinning discussions. Case studies have also been updated and replaced throughout. Annotated further reading and a gazetteer of useful websites are also provided.

Table of Contents

Preface to the fourth edition	vii
Preface to the first edition	ix
Acknowledgements	xi
PART I THE NATURE OF HAZARD	1	(78)
Hazard in the Environment	3	(16)
Dimensions of Disaster	19	(17)
Risk Assessment and Management	36	(18)
Reducing the Impacts of Disaster	54	(25)
PART II THE EXPERIENCE AND REDUCTION OF HAZARD	79	(193)
Tectonic Hazards: Earthquakes	81	(23)
Tectonic Hazards: Volcanoes	104	(19)
Mass Movement Hazards	123	(19)
Severe Storm Hazards	142	(20)
Biophysical Hazards	162	(24)
Hydrological Hazards: Floods	186	(24)
Hydrological Hazards: Droughts	210	(17)
Technological Hazards	227	(21)
Context Hazards	248	(20)
Postscript	268	(4)
Appendix: Some useful web pages	272	(2)
References	274	(26)
Index	300