The Environment As Hazard

Name: The Environment As Hazard: Second Edition
Brand: Guilford Press
SKU: 9780898621594
Price: 45.00 USD
Availability: InStock

Second Edition

A Paperback Original

April 9, 1993

ISBN 9780898621594

Price: $45.00

290 Pages

Size: 6" x 9"

This book has restricted territorial rights. To order from outside the U.S. and Canada, contact Guilford for information.

New to this edition:

Incorporates new global data and discusses implications of the research for public policy and global initiatives.
Reviews theoretical and methodological changes in the investigation of natural hazards.

	The Environment As Hazard Second Edition Ian Burton, Robert W. Kates, and Gilbert F. White
The disastrous effects of natural hazards such as earthquakes, floods, and hurricanes are often called “Acts of God.”' Challenging that view, this work depicts natural hazards as extreme events in nature that are made even more dangerous by the acts or the neglect of people. read more »