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NATURAL HAZARDS AND DISASTERS, 5e brings course concepts to life with interactive learning, study, and exam preparation tools along with up-to-date, market-leading text content. 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 fully 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.
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1. Natural Hazards and Disasters. 2. Plate Tectonics and Physical Hazards. 3. Earthquakes and Their Causes. 4. Earthquake Predictions, Forecasts, and Mitigation. 5. Tsunami. 6. Volcanoes: Tectonic Environments and Eruptions. 7. Volcanoes: Hazards and Mitigation. 8. Landslides and Other Downslope Movements. 9. Sinkholes, Land Subsidence, and Swelling Soils. 10. Weather, Thunderstorms, and Tornadoes. 11. Climate Change: Processes and History. 12. Climate Change: Impacts and Mitigation. 13. Streams and Flood Processes. 14. Floods and Human Interactions. 15. Waves, Beaches, and Coastal Erosion. 16. Hurricanes and Nor¡¯easters. 17. Wildfires. 18. Asteroids and Comet Impacts.
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AUTHORS Donald Hyndman (University of Montana)
David Hyndman (Michigan State University)
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