5th Edition
Natural Hazards Earth's Processes as Hazards, Disasters, and Catastrophes
664 Pages
690 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
664 Pages
690 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
664 Pages
690 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
664 Pages
690 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
The new revised fifth edition of Natural Hazards remains the go-to introductory-level survey intended for university and college courses that are concerned with earth processes that have direct, and often sudden and violent, impacts on human society. The text integrates principles of geology, hydrology, meteorology, climatology, oceanography, soil science, ecology, and solar system astronomy.... Read more
1 Introduction to Natural Hazards
2 Internal Structure of Earth and Plate Tectonics
3 Earthquakes
4 Tsunamis
5 Volcanoes
6 Flooding
7 Mass Wasting
8 Subsidence and Soils
9 Atmospheric Processes and Severe Weather
10 Hurricanes and Extratropical Cyclones
11 Coastal Hazards
12 Climate Change and Natural Hazards
13 Wildfires
14 Impacts and Extinctions
Biography
Edward A. Keller is a professor in the Environmental Studies and Earth Sciences Departments at University of California at Santa Barbara, USA.
Duane E. DeVecchio is a research professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) at Arizona State University, USA.
