Philip's Guide to Global Hazards - Softcover
This pocket-sized reference looks at the many and various threats to life on Earth from disasters that threaten large regions or the whole globe. It should be useful to geography and social studies students and to all readers interested in politics, current affairs and the environment. The book discusses the many hazards that face us, taking each in turn: earthquakes, volcanoes, weather (including hurricanes and tornadoes), snow and ice, floods, tidal waves and tsunamis, forest fires, drought and famine, epidemic disease, pollution and habitat loss, climate change (including El Nino and global warming), and cosmic disasters (such as meteor strikes). Each section describes the phenomenon, with clear text and illustrations, and gives case-histories of some of the world's most terrifying and destructive cataclysms, focusing on both the human and the geophysical aspects of these tragedies. There is much emphasis on the future and the very real threats to the lives and well-being of not just individuals and communities but humanity as a whole. Areas prone to particular hazards (such as earthquake zones, volcanic regions, flood zones) are illustrated and mapped.
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- PublisherPhilip's
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0540083887
- ISBN 13 9780540083886
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 256 pages. Guide to Global Hazards is a pocket-sized referenc e to the many and various threats to life on Earth from disasters that threaten large regions or the whole globe. It will be usefu l to geography and social studies students and to all readers int erested inpolitics, current affairs and the environment.The book discusses the many hazards that face us, taking each in turn: ear thquakes, volcanoes, weather (including hurricanes and tornadoes) , snow and ice, floods, tidal waves and tsunamis, forest fires, d rought and famine, epidemic disease, pollution and habitat loss, climate change (including El Nio and global warming), and cosmic disasters (such as meteor strikes).Each section describes the phe nomenon, with clear text and high-quality artworks and photograph y, and gives case-histories of some of the world's most terrifyin g and destructive cataclysms, focusing on both the human and the geophysical aspects of these tragedies. There is much emphasis on the future and the very real threats to the lives and well-being of not just individuals and communities but humanity as a whole. Areas prone to particular hazards (such as earthquake zones, vol canic regions, flood zones) are illustrated and mapped.The book i s researched and written by specialists in environmental, geologi cal and life sciences.Main map scale: Seller Inventory # 1195l
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