02774nam 2200625 450 991082199870332120230721013708.01-282-87318-097866128731881-4411-1625-7(CKB)2670000000056396(EBL)601718(OCoLC)682540791(SSID)ssj0000418949(PQKBManifestationID)11298032(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000418949(PQKBWorkID)10377443(PQKB)11093685(MiAaPQ)EBC601718(MiAaPQ)EBC5309692(MiAaPQ)EBC3003048(Au-PeEL)EBL3003048(EXLCZ)99267000000005639620180315h20082008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGreat British weather disasters /Philip EdenPbk. ed.London, [England] ;New York, New York :Continuum,2008.©20081 online resource (360 p.)Includes index."The Daily Telegraph"--Cover.1-4411-4591-5 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.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 centraSevere stormsGreat BritainHistoryNatural disastersGreat BritainClimatic extremesGreat BritainGreat BritainClimateSevere stormsHistory.Natural disastersClimatic extremes363.34920941Eden Philip1951-1688910MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821998703321Great British weather disasters4063519UNINA