Coastal construction manual : principles and practices of planning, siting, designing, constructing, and maintaining residential buildings in coastal areas |
Edizione | [4th ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.?] : , : Federal Emergency Management Agency, Mitigation Directorate, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (253 unnumbered pages) : illustrations, maps |
Soggetto topico |
Flood damage prevention - United States
House construction - Climatic factors - United States Hazardous geographic environments - United States Flood damage prevention Hazardous geographic environments House construction - Climatic factors |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Volume I: Introduction -- Historical perspective -- Identifying hazards -- Siting -- Investigating regulatory requirementa -- Fundamentals of risk analysis and risk reduction.
Volume II: Pre-design considerations -- Determining site-specific loads -- Designing the building -- Designing the foundation -- Designing the building envelope -- Installing mechanical equipment and utilities -- Constructing the building -- Maintaining the building -- Retrofitting buildings for natural hazards -- Coastal construction calculation tool. |
Altri titoli varianti | Coastal construction manual |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910701569103321 |
[Washington, D.C.?] : , : Federal Emergency Management Agency, Mitigation Directorate, , 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Coasts in Crisis : A Global Challenge / / Gary Griggs |
Autore | Griggs Gary |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2017] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (343 pages) : color illustrations, photographs |
Disciplina | 551.45/7 |
Collana |
U.S. Geological Survey circular
Public issues in earth science |
Soggetto topico |
Coasts
Coastal zone management Natural disasters Climatic changes Hazardous geographic environments |
ISBN | 0-520-96685-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part One. Introduction to Humans and Coasts -- 1. Human Settlement of the Coastal Zone -- Part Two. Natural Processes and Hazards Affecting Coastal Regions -- 2. Coastal Tectonics and Hazards -- 3. Tropical Cyclones, Hurricanes, and Typhoons -- 4. Storms, Waves, Coastal Erosion, and Shoreline Retreat -- 5. Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise -- Part Three. Impacts of Human Activities on Coasts -- 6. Marine Pollution -- 7. Plastic and Marine Debris -- 8. Petroleum and the Coastal Zone -- 9. Coastal Power Plants -- 10. Renewable Energy from the Coastal Zone -- 11. Groundwater and Petroleum Withdrawal: Subsidence and Seawater Intrusion -- 12. Desalination: Fresh Water from the Ocean -- 13. Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, and Ocean Acidification -- 14. Coral Reefs and Threats to Their Health and Survival -- 15. Fishing, Overfishing, and Aquaculture -- 16. Aquatic Invasive Species -- 17. Sand, Dams, and Beaches -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910693493203321 |
Griggs Gary | ||
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2017] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Crisis management in tourism [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Eric Laws, Bruce Prideaux, and Kaye Chon |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (410 p.) |
Disciplina | 910.68/4 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
ChonK. S
LawsEric <1946-> PrideauxB (Bruce) |
Soggetto topico |
Crisis management
Hazardous geographic environments Tourism - Management Travel - Safety measures |
ISBN |
1-280-73589-9
9786610735891 1-84593-136-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Contributors; Preface: The Tsunami of 26 December 2005, PATA's Initial Responses; 1 Crisis Management in Tourism: Challenges for Managers and Researchers; Part I: The Theoretical Aspect of Crisis Management in Tourism; Part II: Tourism Crises Resulting from Natural Causes; Part III: Tourism Crises Resulting from Human Actions; Part IV: Conclusion; Index; |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784005603321 |
Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Crisis management in tourism / / edited by Eric Laws, Bruce Prideaux, and Kaye Chon |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (410 p.) |
Disciplina | 910.68/4 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
ChonK. S
LawsEric <1946-> PrideauxB (Bruce) |
Soggetto topico |
Crisis management
Hazardous geographic environments Tourism - Management Travel - Safety measures |
ISBN |
1-280-73589-9
9786610735891 1-84593-136-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Contributors; Preface: The Tsunami of 26 December 2005, PATA's Initial Responses; 1 Crisis Management in Tourism: Challenges for Managers and Researchers; Part I: The Theoretical Aspect of Crisis Management in Tourism; Part II: Tourism Crises Resulting from Natural Causes; Part III: Tourism Crises Resulting from Human Actions; Part IV: Conclusion; Index; |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815080603321 |
Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The cure for catastrophe : how we can stop manufacturing natural disasters / / Robert Muir-Wood |
Autore | Muir-Wood Robert |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Basic Books, a Member of the Perseus Books Group, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (258 pages) |
Disciplina | 363.34/07 |
Soggetto topico |
Natural disasters - Planning
Natural disasters - Prevention Environmental risk assessment Hazardous geographic environments Hazard mitigation |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-5416-9831-2
0-465-09647-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Trust in the walls -- Catastrophe year zero -- Catastrophysics -- The three little pigs -- Risk made concrete -- Mr Heath's little black book -- The garden of the forking paths -- Intolerable risk -- The disaster forecast -- Save our souls -- The master of disaster -- Turning up the heat -- The remedies of Dr Resilience. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910163945403321 |
Muir-Wood Robert | ||
New York : , : Basic Books, a Member of the Perseus Books Group, , [2016] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The cutre for catastrophe : how we can stop manufacturing natural disasters / / Robert Muir-Wood |
Autore | Muir-Wood Robert |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Oneworld, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (368 pages) |
Disciplina | 363.34 |
Soggetto topico |
Natural disasters - Planning
Natural disasters - Prevention Environmental risk assessment Hazardous geographic environments Hazard mitigation |
ISBN | 1-78607-006-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910136010303321 |
Muir-Wood Robert | ||
London : , : Oneworld, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Disaster resilience : an integrated approach / [edited] by Douglas Paton and David Johnston |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Springfield : Charles C. Thomas, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | xxii, 321 p. : ill. ; 26 cm |
Disciplina | 363.347 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Paton, Douglas
Johnston, David Moore |
Soggetto topico |
Disasters - Social aspects
Natural disasters - Social aspects Hazardous geographic environments Risk management Emergency management Preparedness Community organization Resilience (Personality trait) |
ISBN | 9780398076634 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991003114959707536 |
Springfield : Charles C. Thomas, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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The end is nigh [[electronic resource] ] : a history of natural disasters / / Henrik Svensen |
Autore | Svensen Henrik <1970-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Reaktion, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (242 p.) |
Disciplina | 904.5 |
Soggetto topico |
Hazardous geographic environments
Natural disasters - History |
ISBN |
1-282-45058-1
9786612450587 1-86189-683-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The End is Nigh Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Preface: When Climate Becomes Disaster; Introduction: On the Edge of the Sahara; 1 Mythologies; 2 The Day of the Dead; 3 California: Earthquake and Culture; 4 Natural Disasters in Metropolis; 5 Among the High Mountains and Deep Fjords; 6 Problem Children; 7 The Politics of Disasters; 8 Climatic Disasters; 9 The Tsunami; 10 Perilous Nature; Epilogue: Where the Devil Lives in the Ground; Major natural disasters; References; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo acknowledgements; Index |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996339088703316 |
Svensen Henrik <1970-> | ||
London, : Reaktion, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Environmental change and geomorphic hazards in forests [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Roy C. Sidle |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, NY, USA, : CABI Pub. in association with the International Union of Forest Research Organizations, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (207 p.) |
Disciplina | 634.9/61 |
Altri autori (Persone) | SidleRoy C |
Collana | IUFRO research series |
Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes
Forest ecology Forests and forestry - Environmental aspects Hazardous geographic environments |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-84593-336-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Geomorphologic Hazards and Forest Environmental Change - an Introduction; Chapter 2. Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Streamflow and Flooding in Snow - Dominated Forested Basins; Chapter 3. Regional Hydrologic Impacts of Climatic Change; Chapter 4. The Potential Impact of Global Change on Surface Erosion from Forest Lands in Asia; Chapter 5. Climate Change Related to Erosion and Desertification: 1. Mediterranean Europe; Chapter 6. Climate Change Related to Erosion and Desertification: 2. Africa
Chapter 7. The Effects of Environmental Changes on Weathering, Gravitational Rock Deformation, and LandslidesChapter 8. Potential Effects of Environmental Change on Landslide Hazards in Forest Environments; Chapter 9. Natural Hazards in Forests: Glacier and Permafrost Effects as Related to Climate Change; Chapter 10. Global Changes, Mangrove Forests and Implications for Hazards along Continental Shorelines; Chapter 11. Future Directions for Geomorphologic Hazard Analysis in Forests; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450752503321 |
Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, NY, USA, : CABI Pub. in association with the International Union of Forest Research Organizations, c2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Environmental change and geomorphic hazards in forests / / editor, Roy C. Sidle |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York : , : CABI Pub. in association with the International Union of Forest Research Organizations, , 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 241 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 634.9/61 |
Altri autori (Persone) | SidleRoy C |
Collana | IUFRO research series |
Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes
Forest ecology Forests and forestry - Environmental aspects Hazardous geographic environments |
ISBN | 1-84593-336-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Geomorphologic Hazards and Forest Environmental Change - an Introduction; Chapter 2. Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Streamflow and Flooding in Snow - Dominated Forested Basins; Chapter 3. Regional Hydrologic Impacts of Climatic Change; Chapter 4. The Potential Impact of Global Change on Surface Erosion from Forest Lands in Asia; Chapter 5. Climate Change Related to Erosion and Desertification: 1. Mediterranean Europe; Chapter 6. Climate Change Related to Erosion and Desertification: 2. Africa
Chapter 7. The Effects of Environmental Changes on Weathering, Gravitational Rock Deformation, and Landslides; Chapter 8. Potential Effects of Environmental Change on Landslide Hazards in Forest Environments; Chapter 9. Natural Hazards in Forests: Glacier and Permafrost Effects as Related to Climate Change; Chapter 10. Global Changes, Mangrove Forests and Implications for Hazards along Continental Shorelines; Chapter 11. Future Directions for Geomorphologic Hazard Analysis in Forests; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784122803321 |
Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York : , : CABI Pub. in association with the International Union of Forest Research Organizations, , 2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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