NATURAL HAZARDS+DISASTERS [Paperback]

Succeed in your course with Hyndman/Hyndman's NATURAL HAZARDS AND DISASTERS, 6e. The authors provide easy-to-understand coverage of the geological processes that underlie disasters, explore the impacts these processes and humans have on each other and analyze strategies to mitigate physical and financial harm. From timely information on recent natural disasters in the US and around the world, this fascinating book provides the up-to-date information needed to analyze potential hazards and take necessary steps to survive a natural disaster.1. Natural Hazards and Disasters. 2. Plate Tectonics and Physical Hazards. 3. Earthquakes and Their Causes. 4. Earthquake Predictions, Forecasts, and Mitigation. 5. Tsunami. 6. Volcanoes: Tectonic Environments and Eruptions. 7. Volcanoes: Hazards and Mitigation. 8. Landslides and Other Downslope Movements. 9. Sinkholes, Land Subsidence, and Swelling Soils. 10. Weather, Thunderstorms, and Tornadoes. 11. Climate Change: Processes and History. 12. Climate Change: Impacts and Mitigation. 13. Streams and Flood Processes. 14. Floods and Human Interactions. 15. Waves, Beaches, and Coastal Erosion. 16. Hurricanes and Noreasters. 17. Wildfires. 18. Asteroids and Comet Impacts.