Environmental Hazards : Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster (Paperback, 6 ed)

Part One: The Nature of Hazard  1. Hazard in the Environment  2. Dimensions of Disaster  3. Complexity, Sustainability and Vulnerability  4. Risk Assessment and Management  5. Reducing the Impacts of Disaster  Part Two: The Experience and Reduction of Hazard  6. Tectonic Hazards - Earthquakes and Tsunamis  7. Tectonic Hazards - Volcanoes  8. Landslide and Avalanche Hazards  9. Severe Storm Hazards  10. Weather Extremes, Disease Epidemics and Wildfires  11. Hydrological Hazards - Floods  12. Hydrological Hazards - Droughts  13. Technological Hazards  14. Environmental Hazards in a Changing World  Bibliography  Index