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UNINA9910786078303321 |
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Autore |
Smith Keith <1938-, > |
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Environmental hazards : assessing risk and reducing disaster / / Keith Smith |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-64714-7 |
0-203-80530-5 |
1-283-92019-0 |
1-136-64715-5 |
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Edizione |
[6th ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (502 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Natural disasters |
Environmental disasters |
Environmental risk assessment |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. The nature of hazard -- pt. 2. The experience and reduction of hazard. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The much expanded sixth edition of Environmental Hazards provides a fully up-to-date overview of all the extreme events that threaten people and what they value in the 21st century. It integrates cutting-edge material from the physical and social sciences to illustrate how natural and human systems interact to place communities of all sizes, and at all stages of economic development, at risk. It also explains in detail the various measures available to reduce the ongoing losses to life and property. Part One of this established textbook defines basic concepts of hazard, risk, vulnera |
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