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Paul, Bimal Kanti.

Environmental hazards and disasters : contexts, perspectives and management / Bimal Kanti Paul. - Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. - 1 online resource (xi, 322 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Environmental Hazards and Disasters: Contexts, Perspectives and Management focuses on manifested threats to humans and their welfare as a result of natural disasters. The book uses an integrative approach to address socio-cultural, political and physical components of the disaster process. Human and social vulnerability as well as risk to environmental hazards are explored within the comprehensive context of diverse natural hazards and disasters. In addition to scientific explanations of disastrous occurrences, people and governments of hazard-prone countries often have their own interpretation.



ISBN: 9781119979616 1119979617 9780470660027 0470660023 9781119979623 1119979625

Standard No.: 9786613333223

Source: 333322 MIL

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Hazardous geographic environments.
Disasters.
Natural disasters.
Human ecology.
NATURE--Natural Disasters.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Disasters & Disaster Relief.
Disasters.
Hazardous geographic environments.
Human ecology.
Natural disasters.
Naturkatastrophe
Risiko

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: GF85 / .P38 2011eb

Dewey Class. No.: 363.3406