CLCP3
LanguageENG
PublishYear2014
publishCompany
Cengage
EISBN
9781285521589
PISBN
9781133590811
edition
4
- Product Details
- Contents
Cengage Learning's Natural Hazards and Disasters brings course concepts to life with interactive learning, study, and exam preparation tools along with market leading text content for introductory earth science courses. Adopt the resources that enable your students to purchase the right solution to meet their needs, whether it's a traditional printed text, all digital learning platform, or package that includes the best of both worlds. With the recently updated Natural Hazards and Disasters and CourseMate's interactive teaching and learning tools, it's never been easier to help students understand the underlying geological processes, explore the impact these processes have on humans and vice versa, and analyze strategies for mitigating these hazards' physical and financial harm.
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Statement
- Copyright
- Dedication
- About the Authors
- Brief Contents
- Contents
- Preface
- Ch 1: Natural Hazards and Disasters
- Ch 2: Plate Tectonics and Physical Hazards
- Ch 3: Earthquakes and Their Causes
- Ch 4: Earthquake Predictions, Forecasts, and Mitigation
- Ch 5: Tsunami
- Ch 6: Volcanoes: Tectonic Environments and Eruptions
- Ch 7: Volcanoes: Hazards and Mitigation
- Ch 8: Landslides and Other Downslope Movements
- Ch 9: Sinkholes, Land Subsidence, and Swelling Soils
- Ch 10: Weather, Thunderstorms, and Tornadoes
- Ch 11: Climate Change
- Ch 12: Streams and Flood Processes
- Ch 13: Floods and Human Interactions
- Ch 14: Waves, Beaches, and Coastal Erosion
- Ch 15: Hurricanes and Nor’easters
- Ch 16: Wildfires
- Ch 17: Asteroid and Comet Impacts
- Ch 18: The Future: Where Do We Go from Here?
- Conversion Factors
- Glossary
- Index