Natural Disasters

ISBN-13: 9781857280944 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 632 str.

Raymond Bonnett; Alexander C. Alexander; David C. Alexander

Opis

As a well balanced and fully illustrated introductory text, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the physical, technological and social components of natural disaster. The main disaster-producing agents are reviewed systematically in terms of geophysical processes and effects, monitoring, mitigation and warning. The relationship between disasters and society is examined with respect to a wide variety of themes, including damage assessment and prevention, hazard mapping, emergency preparedness, the provision of shelter and the nature of reconstruction. Medical emergencies and the epidemiology of disasters are described, and refugee management and aid to the Third World are discussed. A chapter is devoted to the sociology, psychology, economics and history of disasters.

Spis treści

The geophysical agents; earthquakes and volcanoes; atmospheric and hydrological hazards; disasters and the land surface; the human impact and response; damage and the built environment; the logistics of planning and emergency action; medical emergencies; the Third World; disasters and socio-economic systems; conclusion - towards an international strategy against disasters.

O autorze

David C. Alexander