assessing risk and reducing disaster Smith, Keith creator text nyu London, NY Routledge 2013 6th ed. monographic eng

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478 pages (some col.), maps 25 cm. I. The nature of hazard -- Hazard in the environment -- Dimensions of disaster -- Risk assessment and management -- Reducing the impacts of disaster -- II. The experience and reduction of hazard -- Tectonic hazards: earthquakes -- Tectonic hazards: volcanoes -- Mass movement hazards -- Severe storm hazards -- Biophysical hazards -- Hydrological hazards: floods -- Hydrological hazards: droughts -- Technological hazards -- Context hazards -- Postscript. Keith Smith. Includes bibliographical references and index. Natural disasters 9780415681059 (hbk) 9780415681063 (pbk) 9780203805305 (ebk) 131023 20160527191740.0 323921