TY - BOOK AU - Hyndman,Donald W. AU - Hyndman,David W. TI - Natural hazards & disasters SN - 9781305581692 AV - GB5014 .H95 2014 U1 - 363.34 23 PY - 2014///] CY - Australia, United States PB - Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning KW - Natural disasters KW - Case studies KW - Emergency management KW - fast KW - Naturkatastrophe KW - gnd KW - Ursache KW - Risikobewusstsein KW - Katastrophenmanagement KW - netc KW - Hazards N1 - Previous edition: Australia: Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, 2011; Includes index; Natural hazards and disasters -- Plate tectonics and physical hazards -- Earthquakes and their causes -- Earthquake predictions, forecasts, and mitigation -- Tsunami -- Volcanoes : tectonic environments and eruptions -- Volcanoes : hazards and mitigation -- Landslides and other downslope movements -- Sinkholes, land subsidence, and swelling soils -- Weather, thunderstorms, and tornadoes -- Climate change -- Streams and flood processes -- Floods and human interactions -- Waves, beaches, and coastal erosion -- Hurricanes and nor'easters -- Wildfires -- Asteroid and comet impacts -- The future : where do we go from here? ER -