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Natural disasters in a global environment [[electronic resource] /] / Anthony N. Penna and Jennifer S. Rivers
| Natural disasters in a global environment [[electronic resource] /] / Anthony N. Penna and Jennifer S. Rivers |
| Autore | Penna Anthony N |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Wiley, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (362 p.) |
| Disciplina |
363.3409
904 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | RiversJennifer S |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental disasters - History
Environmental disasters -- History HISTORY / General Natural disasters - Environmental aspects Natural disasters -- Environmental aspects Natural disasters - History Natural disasters -- History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-118-32753-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; 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
The 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 RebuildingConclusion; 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 The tsunamiRelief efforts; Rebuilding; Conclusion; The Tōhoku (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 The 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 The Turtle Mountain Landslide, Canada (1903) |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463350903321 |
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| Hoboken, : Wiley, 2013 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Natural disasters in a global environment [[electronic resource] /] / Anthony N. Penna and Jennifer S. Rivers
| Natural disasters in a global environment [[electronic resource] /] / Anthony N. Penna and Jennifer S. Rivers |
| Autore | Penna Anthony N |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | xv, 340 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 363.3409 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | RiversJennifer S |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural disasters - History
Environmental disasters - History Natural disasters - Environmental aspects |
| ISBN | 1-118-32753-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Internal processes -- pt. 2. Surficial processes -- pt. 3. Atmospheric processes. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796083703321 |
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Penna Anthony N
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| Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Natural disasters in a global environment / / Anthony N. Penna and Jennifer S. Rivers
| Natural disasters in a global environment / / Anthony N. Penna and Jennifer S. Rivers |
| Autore | Penna Anthony N |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | xv, 340 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 363.3409 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | RiversJennifer S |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural disasters - History
Environmental disasters - History Natural disasters - Environmental aspects |
| ISBN | 1-118-32753-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Internal processes -- pt. 2. Surficial processes -- pt. 3. Atmospheric processes. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822482403321 |
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Penna Anthony N
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| Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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