LEADER 05389nam 22006133u 450 001 9910463350903321 005 20210108024323.0 010 $a1-118-32753-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000356134 035 $a(EBL)1184746 035 $a(OCoLC)842932632 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1184746 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000356134 100 $a20140106d2013|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 10$aNatural disasters in a global environment$b[electronic resource] /$fAnthony N. Penna and Jennifer S. Rivers 210 $aHoboken $cWiley$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (362 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-118-25233-0 327 $aCover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Background; Responses to Hazards and Disasters; The Global and Environmental Basis for this Book; The Emergence of Climate Science and its Relationship to Natural Disasters; Conclusion; Chapter 1: Supervolcanoes; Introduction; The Mt. Toba Eruption (73,000 BP); The Mt. Toba eruption and the human bottleneck controversy; Conclusion; The Thera (Santorini) Eruption in the Aegean Sea (1600 BCE); Minoan civilization; The Santorini eruption 327 $aThe physical, social, and cultural meaning of this supervolcanoConclusion; Mt. Tambora (1815) and Krakatau (1883); Conclusion; The Mt. Pinatubo Eruption (1991); The Luzon earthquake - a harbinger; Relief efforts; Rebuilding; Global effects; A Threatening Future Scenario; Summary; Further Reading; Chapter 2: Earthquakes; Introduction; The San Francisco Earthquake (1906); The city's early history of growth and its susceptibility to earthquakes; The earthquake; The fire; Relief efforts; Rebuilding; Conclusion; The Great Kanto Earthquake (1923); Introduction; The earthquake; Relief efforts 327 $aRebuildingConclusion; The Haitian Earthquake (2010); Introduction; Hispaniola's geology; Haiti's history; Relief efforts; Rebuilding; Conclusion; Summary; Chapter 3: Tsunamis; Introduction; Lisbon, Portugal: The Quadruple Disaster (1755); The earthquake; The fire; The tsunami; Scientific and religious thought and the birth of modern seismology; Relief efforts; Rebuilding; Conclusion; The Lituya Bay Mega-Tsunami (1958); The earthquake; The landslides; The tsunami; Lituya Bay historical accounts; Modeling efforts fail; Relief and rebuilding; The Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake (2004); The earthquake 327 $aThe tsunamiRelief efforts; Rebuilding; Conclusion; The To?hoku (Japan) Tsunami (2011); Introduction; The earthquake; The tsunami; Nuclear disaster; Relief efforts; Rebuilding; Japan's energy future; Conclusion; Summary; Further Reading; Chapter 4: Fire; Introduction; The Burning of Rome (68 CE); The fire; Circus Maximus; Relief efforts; Rebuilding; Conclusion; The Great Fire of London (1666); Introduction; The fire; Rebuilding; Conclusion; The Chicago and Peshtigo Fires (1871); Introduction; The Chicago fire; Relief efforts; Rebuilding; Conclusion; The Peshtigo fire (1871); Introduction 327 $aThe fireRelief efforts; Rebuilding; Conclusion; Another explanation for the causes of the Chicago and Peshtigo fires; Summary; Further Reading; Chapter 5: Floods; Introduction; Central China Floods (1931); Introduction; Geography; The floods; Relief efforts; Rebuilding; Conclusion; The Dutch Flood Disaster (1953); Introduction; Geography; The flood of 1953; Relief efforts; Rebuilding; Conclusion; The Bangladesh Floods (1997-98); Introduction; Geology/geography; The floods; Relief efforts; Rebuilding; Conclusion; Summary; Further Reading; Chapter 6: Landslides; Introduction 327 $aThe Turtle Mountain Landslide, Canada (1903) 330 $aNatural Disasters in a Global Environment is a transnational, global and environmental history of natural and man-made disasters. Detailed case studies of past and present events are presented in a historical narrative, making use of the most recent scholarship. Examines a range of disasters including volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, landslides, hurricanes, famines, and moreHighlights the role of science in studying natural disasters and describes the mechanisms responsible for themFeatures a range of case studies which can be used in conjunction with one 606 $aEnvironmental disasters - History 606 $aEnvironmental disasters -- History 606 $aHISTORY / General 606 $aNatural disasters - Environmental aspects 606 $aNatural disasters -- Environmental aspects 606 $aNatural disasters - History 606 $aNatural disasters -- History 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aEnvironmental disasters - History. 615 4$aEnvironmental disasters -- History. 615 4$aHISTORY / General. 615 4$aNatural disasters - Environmental aspects. 615 4$aNatural disasters -- Environmental aspects. 615 4$aNatural disasters - History. 615 4$aNatural disasters -- History. 676 $a363.3409 676 $a904 700 $aPenna$b Anthony N$0923940 701 $aRivers$b Jennifer S$0969752 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463350903321 996 $aNatural disasters in a global environment$92203724 997 $aUNINA