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1. Beijing zai hai shi [2008]
- 北京灾害史
- Yu, Deyuan.
- 于德源.
- Di 1 ban. 第1版. - Beijing Shi : Tong xin chu ban she, 2008. 北京市 : 同心出版社, 2008.
- Description
- Book — 2 v. (7, 4, 21, 1071 p.) : ill., map ; 21 cm.
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2. Hunan zai huang shi [2008]
- 湖南灾荒史
- Yang, Pengcheng.
- 杨鹏程.
- Di 1 ban. 第1版. - Changsha Shi : Hunan ren min chu ban she, 2008. 长沙市 : 湖南人民出版社, 2008.
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- Book — 4, 4, 716 p. ; 24 cm.
- Summary
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本书试图通过对湖南尤其是洞庭湖地区有史以来 各种自然灾害的研究, 探讨灾害发生的规律, 发生的自然原因和社会原因, 造成的影响, 以及历朝历代减灾防灾赈灾救灾政策措施的成败 得失, 为研究者提供较为翔实的历史资料, 为减灾防灾的政府决策提供历史的借鉴.
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- 明清时期江淮地区的自然灾害與社会经济
- Zhang, Chongwang, 1964-
- 张崇旺, 1964-
- Di 1 ban. 第1版. - Fuzhou Shi : Fujian ren min chu ban she, 2006. 福州市 : 福建人民出版社, 2006.
- Description
- Book — 2, 5, 651 p. : maps ; 21 cm.
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GB5011.7 .Z43 2006 | Unknown |
- 中国气象灾害大典. 福建卷
- Di 1 ban. 第1版. - Beijing Shi : Qi xiang chu ban she, 2007. 北京市 : 气象出版社, 2007.
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- Book — 392 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 27 cm.
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GB5011.7 .Z48234 2007 | Unknown |
- [Reston, Va.] : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, [2001]
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- Book — 2 unnumbered pages : digital, PDF file.
- Kelman, Ilan, author.
- First edition - Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2020]
- Description
- Book — 1 online resource (viii, 167 pages)
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- Prelude: Disasters are not natural
- 1: An island shattered
- 2: Nature's hazards
- 3: The story of vulnerability
- 4: Vulnerability by choice
- 5: Making the choice
- 6: Making the change Endnotes Further reading.
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- Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2019.
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- Book — 1 online resource (x, 343 pages) : illustrations Digital: text file; PDF.
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- Chapter 1. Introduction: The New Environmental Crisis.- Part I: Locating Disaster Studies.-
- Chapter 2. Launching the DRC: Historical Context and Future Directions(Thomas E. Drabek).-
- Chapter 3. Disaster Studies at
- 50: Time to Wear Bifocals?(Ben Wisner).- Part II: Confronting the Second Environmental Crisis.-
- Chapter 4. The Silence Before the Storm: Advocacy Groups' Current Perceptions of Future Climate Vulnerability(Carlos Martin).-
- Chapter 5. Beautiful and Safe Landscapes for Sustainable Disaster Risk Reduction.(Fausto Marincioni, Cristina Casareale, and Kenneth Byrne).-
- Chapter 6. Mobilizing Communities to Confront Global Challenges: A Phronetic Inquiry.(Philip Barnes and Andrea Sarzynski).-
- Chapter 7. Sleepwalking into disaster? Understanding Coping in the Broader Field of Mental Barriers.(Anna Lena Bercht).-
- Chapter 8. Growing the Constituency: A 21st Century Challenge. (James K. Mitchell).-
- Chapter 9. The Role of Landscape Experience in Disaster Risk Reduction.(Sara Bonati).- Part III: Old Problems with New Solutions.-
- Chapter 10. Building Disaster Resilience on the Edge of Chaos - A Systems Critique on Mechanistic Global Disaster Reduction Policies, Frameworks and Models.(Christo Coetzee, Dewald van Niekerk and Leandri Kruger).-
- Chapter 11. Services Not Required? Assessing the Need for 'Coordination Agencies' during Disaster Response.(Johanu Botha).-
- Chapter 12. Categories of Success: How Do We Make Who Listens?(Rachel Dowty and William Wallace).-
- Chapter 13. The Emergency Manager as Risk Manager 5.(Patrick S. Roberts, Kris Wernstedt, Joseph Arvai, and Kelly Redmond).-
- Chapter 14. Disaster Response as Secondary Hazard.(Malka Older).- Chapter 15.- Compromise and Action: Tactics for Doing Ethical Research in Disaster Zones.(Jennifer Henderson and Max Liboiron).-
- Chapter 16. Ethics in Disaster Research: A New Declaration.(James Kendra and Sarah Gregory).-
- Chapter 17. A Case for the Grand Challenge of Disaster Science.(Tricia Wachtendorf).
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- McGuire, Bill, 1954- author.
- Second edition. - [Oxford] : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Description
- Book — 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white).
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- Preface
- 1. Planet Earth: in a nutshell
- 2. Global warming: a lot of hot air?
- 3. The Ice Age cometh
- 4. The enemy within - super-eruptions, giant tsunamis, and the coming great quake
- 5. The threat from space - asteroid and comet impacts
- Epilogue
- Further reading
- Index.
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9. The dynamics of disaster [2013]
- Kieffer, Susan W.
- 1st ed. - New York : W. W. Norton & Co., 2013.
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- Book — xvi, 315 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm
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- Geologic consent : do we have it or not?
- Dynamics and disasters
- When terra isn't firma
- The flying carpet of elm
- The day the mountain blew -- The power of water : tsunamis
- Rogue waves, stormy weather
- Rivers in the sky
- Water, water everywhere, or not a drop to drink
- Earth and us.
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10. Encyclopedia of natural hazards [2013]
- Dordrecht : New York : Springer, c2013.
- Description
- Book — xi, 1,133 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
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Few subjects have caught the attention of the entire world as much as those dealing with natural hazards. The first decade of this new millennium provides a litany of tragic examples of various hazards that turned into disasters affecting millions of individuals around the globe. The human losses (some 225,000 people) associated with the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, the economic costs (approximately 200 billion USD) of the 2011 Tohoku Japan earthquake, tsunami and reactor event, and the collective social impacts of human tragedies experienced during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 all provide repetitive reminders that we humans are temporary guests occupying a very active and angry planet. Any examples may have been cited here to stress the point that natural events on Earth may, and often do, lead to disasters and catastrophes when humans place themselves into situations of high risk. Few subjects share the true interdisciplinary dependency that characterizes the field of natural hazards. From geology and geophysics to engineering and emergency response to social psychology and economics, the study of natural hazards draws input from an impressive suite of unique and previously independent specializations. Natural hazards provide a common platform to reduce disciplinary boundaries and facilitate a beneficial synergy in the provision of timely and useful information and action on this critical subject matter. As social norms change regarding the concept of acceptable risk and human migration leads to an explosion in the number of megacities, coastal over-crowding and unmanaged habitation in precarious environments such as mountainous slopes, the vulnerability of people and their susceptibility to natural hazards increases dramatically. Coupled with the concerns of changing climates, escalating recovery costs, a growing divergence between more developed and less developed countries, the subject of natural hazards remains on the forefront of issues that affect all people, nations, and environments all the time. This treatise provides a compendium of critical, timely and very detailed information and essential facts regarding the basic attributes of natural hazards and concomitant disasters. The Encyclopedia of Natural Hazards effectively captures and integrates contributions from an international portfolio of almost 300 specialists whose range of expertise addresses over 330 topics pertinent to the field of natural hazards. Disciplinary barriers are overcome in this comprehensive treatment of the subject matter. Clear illustrations and numerous color images enhance the primary aim to communicate and educate. The inclusion of a series of unique "classic case study" events interspersed throughout the volume provides tangible examples linking concepts, issues, outcomes and solutions. These case studies illustrate different but notable recent, historic and prehistoric events that have shaped the world as we now know it. They provide excellent focal points linking the remaining terms in the volume to the primary field of study. This Encyclopedia of Natural Hazards will remain a standard reference of choice for many years.
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11. Natural disasters [2012]
- Abbott, Patrick L.
- 8th ed. - New York : McGraw-Hill, c2012.
- Description
- Book — 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 28 cm.
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- PrologueEnergy Flows 1Natural Disasters and the Human Population 2Internal Energy and Plate Tectonics 3Earthquake Geology and Seismology 4Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes 5Earthquake Lessons and Regional Settings 6Volcanic Eruptions: Plate Tectonics and Magmas 7Volcano Case Histories: Killer Events 8Tsunami Versus Wind-Caused Waves 9External Energy Fuels Weather and Climate 10Tornadoes, Lightning, Heat, and Cold 11Hurricanes 12Climate Change 13Floods 14Fire 15Mass Movements 16 Impacts with Space Objects Epilogue Glossary Credits Index Available electronically: 7th edition's chapter on "The Great Dyings".
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12. Natural disasters [2008]
- Abbott, Patrick L.
- 6th ed. - Boston : McGraw-Hill, c2008.
- Description
- Book — xvii, 510 p. : col. ill., maps ; 28 cm.
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- 1 Natural Disasters and Their Energy Sources
- 2 Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes
- 3 Basic Principles of Earthquake Geology, Seismology and Tsunami
- 4 Some Earthquakes in Western North America
- 5 More United States and Canadian Earthquakes
- 6 Volcanic Eruptions: Plate Tectonics and Magmas
- 7 Volcanic Eruptions Continue
- 8 Mass Movements
- 9 Climate Change
- 10 Severe Weather
- 11 Hurricanes and the Coastline
- 12 Floods
- 13 Fire
- 14 The Great Dyings
- 15 Impacts with Space Objects.
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- Keller, Edward A., 1942-
- 2nd ed. - Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2008.
- Description
- Book — xx, 488 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 28 cm.
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- Chapter 1 Introduction to Natural Hazards
- Chapter 2 Earthquakes
- Chapter 3 Tsunamis
- Chapter 4 Volcanoes
- Chapter 5 Flooding
- Chapter 6 Mass Wasting
- Chapter 7 Subsidence and Soil Movement
- Chapter 8 Atmosphere and Severe Weather
- Chapter 9 Hurricanes and Extratropical Cyclones
- Chapter 10 Waves, Currents and Coastlines
- Chapter 11 Climate and Climate Change
- Chapter 12 Wildfires
- Chapter 13 Impacts and Extinctions Appendix A Minerals Appendix B Rocks Appendix C Maps and Related Topics Appendix D How Geologists Determine Geologic Time Glossary References Index.
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14. Natural disasters [2006]
- Abbott, Patrick L.
- 5th ed. - Boston : McGraw-Hill Higher Education, c2006.
- Description
- Book — xvii, 496 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 28 cm.
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- 1. Natural disasters and the human population
- 2. Energy flows in earth history and natural disasters
- 3. Plate tectonics and earthquakes
- 4. Basic principles of earthquake geology, seismology, and tsunami
- 5. Some earthquakes in western North America
- 6. More U.S. and Canadian earthquakes
- 7. Volcanic eruptions: plate tectonics and magmas
- 8. Volcano case histories: killer events
- 9. Mass movements
- 10. Atmosphere, oceans, and long-term climate change
- 11. Short-term climate change and severe weather
- 12. Hurricanes and the coastline
- 13. Hurricanes and the coastline
- 14. Fire
- 15. The great dyings
- 16. Impacts with space objects.
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- Tozzi, Mario.
- 1. ed. - Milano : Rizzoli, 2005.
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- Book — 267 p. : col. ill., maps ; 22 cm.
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16. Natural hazards [2005]
- Bryant, Edward, 1948-
- 2nd ed. - Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
- Description
- Book — xvi, 312 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
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- 1. Introduction to natural hazards-- Part I. Climatic Hazards:
- 2. Mechanisms of climate variability--
- 3. Large-scale storms as a hazard--
- 4. Localized storms--
- 5. Drought as a hazard--
- 6. Flooding as a hazard--
- 7. Fires in nature--
- 8. Oceanic hazards-- Part II. Geological Hazards:
- 9. Causes and prediction of earthquakes and volcanoes--
- 10. Earthquakes and tsunami as hazards--
- 11. Volcano as a hazard--
- 12. Land instability as a hazard--
- 13. Personal and group response to hazards--
- 14. Epilogue.
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GB5014 .B79 2005 | Unknown |
- 2nd ed. - Routledge ; New York : Routledge, c2004.
- Description
- Book — xix, 471 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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- Foreword Preface List of figures and tables
- Part 1: Framework and Theory
- 1. The challenge of disasters and our approach 1.1 In at the deep end 1.2 Conventional views of disaster 1.3 What is vulnerability? 1.4 Changes since the first edition 1.5 The International decade for natural disaster reduction 1.6 Convergence and critique 1.7 Audiences 1.8 Scope and plan of the book 1.9 Limits and assumptions
- 2. The disaster pressure and release model 2.1 The nature of vulnerability 2.2 Cause and effects in the disaster pressure model 2.3 Time and the chain of explanation 2.4 Limits to our knowledge 2.5 Global trends and dynamic pressures 2.6 Uses of the pressure and release model
- 3. Access to resources and coping in adversity 3.1 Access to resources - an introduction 3.2 New thinking since 1994 3.3 'Normal life' - the formal Access model 3.4 Coping and access to safety
- Part 2: Vulnerability and Hazard Types
- 4. Famine and natural hazards 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Famines and their causes 4.3 Explanations of famine 4.4 Complex emergencies, policy famines and human rights 4.5 Causes, pressures, unsafe conditions and famine 4.6 Access and famines 4.7 Policy 4.8 Conclusion
- 5. Biological hazards 5.1 Introduction 5.2 What are biological hazards? 5.3 Limitations to our treatment of biological hazards 5.4 Biological links with other hazards 5.5 Livelihoods, resources and disasters 5.6 Vulnerability-creating processes 5.7 Pressures affecting defences against biological hazards 5.8 Root causes and pressures 5.9 Steps toward risk reduction
- 6. Floods 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Floods as known risks 6.3 Disastrous outcomes for vulnerable people 6.4 Floods and vulnerability 6.5 Summary: flood prevention and mitigation
- 7. Coastal storms 7.1 Introduction 7.2 The physical hazard 7.3 Patterns of vulnerability 7.4 Case-studies 7.5 Policy responses
- 8. Earthquakes and volcanoes 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Classic case-studies: Guatemala and Mexico 8.3 Recent case-studies 8.4 Volcanoes and related hazards 8.5 Goma, Congo, eruption of Mount Nyiragongo 2002 8.6 Policy response and mitigation
- Part 3: Towards a Safer Environment
- 9. Towards a safer environment 9.1 Towards a safer environment: are statements of intent merely hot air? 9.2 From Yokohama to Johannesburg via Geneva 9.3 Risk reduction objectives Notes Bibliography.
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18. Firefly guide to global hazards [2004]
- Kovach, Robert L. (Robert Louis)
- Buffalo, N.Y. : Firefly Books, 2004.
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- Book — 256 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 20 cm.
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- Dordrecht ; London : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2004.
- Description
- Book — xi, 478 p. : ill., maps.
20. International perspectives on natural disasters : occurrence, mitigation, and consequences [2004]
- Dordrecht ; London : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2004.
- Description
- Book — xi, 478 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
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Natural disasters, response, recovery, and mitigation are important topics for policy makers, sustainable development specialists, technical experts and teachers. The occurrences and distributions of natural disaster events and the responses and mitigation practices associated with them are presented in the book. Experts on natural disaster topics and regional experts on natural disasters provide compelling information. A rich background in natural disasters and the places where they frequently occur is presented. The chapter authors' discussions address the physical attributes of natural events and secondly, the role of education and training as mitigation strategies. This second perspective examines mitigation practices. Alternatives beyond disaster response and recovery are being practiced in many places. The role of education and training is highlighted. It is intended that the book be a welcome addition to working in natural disasters policies, education, training, and improving the public understanding of natural disasters and the mitigation of their effects. This volume includes a CD-ROM containing electronic versions, in full color if available, of the figures, which are all printed in black-and-white in the book.
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