Environmental Hazards

Environmental Hazards
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Publisher : Psychology Press
Total Pages : 426
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ISBN-10 : 0415224640
ISBN-13 : 9780415224642
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Book Synopsis Environmental Hazards by : Keith Smith

Download or read book Environmental Hazards written by Keith Smith and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Topics include : risk assessment, disaster management, adjustment to the hazard (accepting, sharing, reducing loss), earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, snow avalances, storms, biophysical hazards (extreme temperatures, epidemics, frost, wildlifires), floods, droughts, technological hazards (i.e. Bhopal and Chernobyl), etc.


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