LEADER 02808nam 2200637 450 001 9910459108503321 005 20211005000223.0 010 $a1-282-87318-0 010 $a9786612873188 010 $a1-4411-1625-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000056396 035 $a(EBL)601718 035 $a(OCoLC)682540791 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000418949 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11298032 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000418949 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10377443 035 $a(PQKB)11093685 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC601718 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5309692 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3003048 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3003048 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000056396 100 $a20180315h20082008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGreat British weather disasters /$fPhilip Eden 205 $aPbk. ed. 210 1$aLondon, [England] ;$aNew York, New York :$cContinuum,$d2008. 210 4$dİ2008 215 $a1 online resource (360 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 300 $a"The Daily Telegraph"--Cover. 311 $a1-4411-4591-5 327 $a1. 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. 330 $aDisaster 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 606 $aSevere storms$zGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aNatural disasters$zGreat Britain 606 $aClimatic extremes$zGreat Britain 607 $aGreat Britain$xClimate 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSevere storms$xHistory. 615 0$aNatural disasters 615 0$aClimatic extremes 676 $a363.34920941 700 $aEden$b Philip$f1951-$01046462 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459108503321 996 $aGreat British weather disasters$92473380 997 $aUNINA