Coastal and Marine Hazards, Risks, and Disasters

Coastal and Marine Hazards, Risks, and Disasters
Author: Jean Ellis
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 591
Release: 2014-11-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0123965381

Sea and Ocean Hazards, Risks and Disasters provides a scientific approach to those hazards and disasters related to the Earth's coasts and oceans. This is the first book to integrate scientific, social, and economic issues related to disasters such as hazard identification, risk analysis, and planning, relevant hazard process mechanics, discussions of preparedness, response, and recovery, and the economics of loss and remediation. Throughout the book cases studies are presented of historically relevant hazards and disasters as well as the many recent catastrophes. - Contains contributions from experts in the field selected by a world-renowned editorial board - Cutting-edge discussion of natural hazard topics that affect the lives and livelihoods of millions of humans worldwide - Numerous full-color tables, GIS maps, diagrams, illustrations, and photographs of hazardous processes in action will be included

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Geology of the United States' Seafloor

Geology of the United States' Seafloor
Author: James V. Gardner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 380
Release: 1996-08-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780521433105

This book presents new, definitive studies of the seafloor adjacent to the United States.