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Autore |
Eden Philip <1951-> |
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Titolo |
Great British weather disasters / / Philip Eden |
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London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2008 |
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©2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-87318-0 |
9786612873188 |
1-4411-1625-7 |
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Edizione |
[Pbk. ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (360 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Severe storms - Great Britain - History |
Natural disasters - Great Britain |
Climatic extremes - Great Britain |
Great Britain Climate |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Includes index. |
"The Daily Telegraph"--Cover. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Setting the scene -- 2. Coping with the hazard -- 3. The nature of the hazard -- 4. Snowstorms - two case studies -- 5. Fog and smog - two case studies -- 6. Summer floods - two case studies -- 7. Destructive gales - two case studies -- 8. Droughts - two case studies -- 9. Compare and contrast -- 10. ... and the next disaster please -- Chronology of disaster : severe weather events in the UK from 1901 to 2008. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Disaster books traditionally feed on hype, sensationalism and bad science. Eden manages to redress the balance. What then is the place of weather disasters in our climate? Are they freaks or a necessary part of the whole? How rare are meteorological event does it take to cause chaos in our day-to-day lives? Are we becoming more at risk and less capable of dealing with them? Or do we just complain more? These days we try and mitigate the effects of different hazards, by acquiring personal and property protection - individually, personally and politically. So what is the role of local and centra |
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