Bryant, Edward

Natural hazards/ Edward Bryant - 2nd ed. - Cambridge: Cambridge university press, 2005. - xvi, 312 p.

1. Introduction to natural 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 -- 9. Causes and prediction of earthquakes and volcanoes -- 10. Earthquakes and tsunami as hazards -- 11. Volcanoes as a hazard -- 12. Land instability as a hazard -- 13. Personal and group response to hazards.

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