Natural Hazards: Earth's Processes as Hazards, Disasters, and Catastrophes

Keller, Edward A.; DeVecchio, Duane E.

ISBN 10: 1138057223 / ISBN 13: 9781138057227

Published by Routledge, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Natural Hazards: Earth's Processes as Hazards, Disasters, and Catastrophes
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138057223
• ISBN 13: 9781138057227
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 5th or later Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dimensions: 19.05W x 24.77H x 3.18D centimeters 19.05 centimeters width by 24.77 centimeters height by 3.18 centimeters depth
• Weight: 1361 grams

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Synopsis

The new revised fifth edition of Natural Hazards remains the go-to introductory-level survey intended for university and college courses that are concerned with earth processes that have direct, and often sudden and violent, impacts on human society. The text integrates principles of geology, hydrology, meteorology, climatology, oceanography, soil science, ecology, and solar system astronomy.

The textbook explains the earth processes that drive hazardous events in an understandable way, illustrates how these processes interact with our civilization, and describes how we can better adjust to their effects. Written by leading scholars in the area, the new edition of this book takes advantage of the greatly expanding amount of information regarding natural hazards, disasters, and catastrophes. The text is designed for learning, with chapters broken into small consumable chunks of content for students. Each chapter opens with a list of learning objectives and ends with revision as well as high-level critical thinking questions. A Concepts in Review feature provides an innovative end-of-chapter section that breaks down the chapter content by parts: reviewing the learning objectives, summary points, important visuals, and key terms. New case studies of hazardous events have been integrated into the text, and students are invited to actively apply their understanding of the five fundamental concepts that serve as a conceptual framework for the text. Figures, illustrations, and photos have been updated throughout.

The book is designed for a course in natural hazards for nonscience majors, and a primary goal of the text is to assist instructors in guiding students who may have little background in science to understand physical earth processes as natural hazards and their consequences to society.

About the Author

Edward A. Keller is a professor in the Environmental Studies and Earth Sciences Departments at University of California at Santa Barbara, USA.

Duane E. DeVecchio is a research professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) at Arizona State University, USA.