| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 414 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Series |
Global issues |
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Global issues (Facts on File, Inc.)
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Maps and Tables; List of Acronyms; Foreword; Part I: At Issue; 1: Introduction; 2: Focus on the United States; 3: Global Perspectives; Part II: Primary Sources; 4: United States Documents; 5: International Documents; Part III: Research Tools; 6: How to Research Natural Disasters; 7: Facts and Figures; 8: Key Players A to Z; 9: Organizations and Agencies; 10: Annotated Bibliography; Chronology; Glossary; Index |
| Summary |
Natural Disasters examines the types of natural hazards, their costs in human lives and economic impact, and national and international responses to them. Detailed case studies examine disasters in the United States, the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake and tsunami of 2004-2005, water resource management in China, the 1984-1985 famine in Ethiopia, and the eruption of Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia in 1985. The case studies also investigate strategies that governments and private agencies have adopted to predict, manage, and survive natural disasters. Primary source materials and useful research tools r |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Natural disasters.
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natural disasters.
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NATURE -- Natural Disasters.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Adventurers & Explorers.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disasters & Disaster Relief.
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HISTORY -- Expeditions & Discoveries.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Adventure.
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Natural disasters
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Natural disasters.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781438136141 |
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1438136145 |
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