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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…
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1 author picked Natural Disasters as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book is a comprehensive coverage of a broad range of natural disasters, and while not all of them are related to climate change and global warming, it gives a broad understanding of how natural disasters can be addressed and mitigated.
I feel it is important to plan for and cope with the range of disasters that nature throws at us. Not only can it guide us to bear with the things we cannot change, such as earthquakes, but it gives an understanding of the things that we can change. Ultimately, this book is a guide to saving not only…
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