Environmental Disasters, Natural Recovery and Human Responses

by Lawrence R. Walker and Roger del Moral

Book Overview

Natural disasters destroy more property and kill more people with each passing year. Volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, landslides, fires and other natural events are becoming more frequent and their consequences more devastating. Del Moral and Walker provide a comprehensive summary of the diverse ways in which natural disasters disrupt humanity and how humans cope. Burgeoning human numbers, shrinking resources and intensification...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521677661
• ISBN13: 9780521677660
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.1"