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Natural Hazards: Explanation and Integration
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Product Description
Adopting an integrated approach to natural hazards that incorporates facets of both the physical and social sciences, this text examines how different societies have responded to such extremes of nature.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1294755 in Books
- Published on: 1997-10-23
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 388 pages
Editorial Reviews
Review
.,."a book that is both a critique of current hazard management practices and a significant contribution to the continuing theoretical and philosophical debate about the role of humans in natural hazards." --"Economic Geography"
"[This book] is an excellent introduction to the subject for college and graduate students and is also, in itself, a fine example of how the physical, biological, and social sciences can be combined into an explanatory model." --"Science Books & Films"
From the Back Cover
Adopting an integrated approach to natural hazards that incorporates facets of both the physical and social sciences, this text examines how different societies have responded to such extremes of nature. The authors bring together the behavioural, political, psychological and economic approaches, leading to increased comprehension of a range of natural hazards, rather than a detailed analysis of particular events or hazard categories.
