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The environment as hazard/ Ian Burton, Robert W. Kates, Gilbert F. White.

By: Burton, IanMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Guilford Press, c1993Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiv, 290 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN: 0898621593 (pbk. : acidfree paper)Subject(s): Natural disasters | Air -- Pollution | Land use -- Environmental aspects | Emergency management -- PlanningDDC classification: 363.34

Contents:

Extreme Events, by Principal Causal Agent Adjustments to Drought Suggested by Peasant Farmers in Nigeria and Tanzania Comparative Study Sites Other Detailed Studies of Hazard Siruations Views of Future Events in Comparative Sites Modes of Response in Comparative Sites Characteristics of Four Behavior Pancrns Examples of Governmental Guides to Managerial Choice Combinations of Adjustments to Fire under Four Policies Types of Natural Hazard Policy Research Opportunity Payoll" Tableau Comparative Death Rates from Natu.ral Disasters, by National foeome Comparative Hazard Sources in the Un ited States and Developing Countries

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books Science Library	Science Library, Sikkim University Science Library General Section	363.34 BUR/E (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Books For SU Science Library		P17676

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-284) and index.

Extreme Events, by Principal Causal Agent

Adjustments to Drought Suggested by

Peasant Farmers in Nigeria and Tanzania

Comparative Study Sites

Other Detailed Studies of Hazard Siruations

Views of Future Events in Comparative Sites

Modes of Response in Comparative Sites

Characteristics of Four Behavior Pancrns

Examples of Governmental Guides to Managerial Choice

Combinations of Adjustments to Fire under Four Policies

Types of Natural Hazard Policy

Research Opportunity Payoll" Tableau

Comparative Death Rates from Natu.ral Disasters, by National foeome

Comparative Hazard Sources in the Un ited States
and Developing Countries

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