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Author Bryant, Edward, 1948- author

Title Natural hazards / Edward Bryant
Published Cambridge ; Melbourne : Cambridge University Press, 1991

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 W'PONDS  551 Bry/Nha  AVAILABLE
Description xviii, 294 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
Contents 1. Introduction to natural hazards -- Part I. Climatic Hazards: 2. Large-scale storms -- 3. Wind as a hazard -- 4. Oceanographic hazards -- 5. Causes and prediction of drought and flood -- 6. Heavy precipitation as a hazard -- Part II. geological Hazards: 7. Causes and prediction of earthquakes and volcanoes -- 8. Earthquakes and tsunamis as hazards -- 9. Volcanoes as a hazard -- 10. Land instability as a hazard -- 11. Response to hazards -- Appendix: 12. Statistical methods for use in hazard analysis
Analysis Disasters
Natural disasters
Bibliography Includes bibliographies and index
Subject Curiosities and wonders -- Pictorial works.
Hazardous geographic environments.
Natural disasters.
Natural monuments -- Pictorial works.
Genre/Form Illustrated works.
LC no. 90045981
ISBN 0521378893 (paperback)