Natural Hazards
- 2nd,ed.
- New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
- 312p.
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.
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Interdisciplinary. Climatic Hazards. Earthquakes and tsunamis.