An Assessment of Natural Hazards and Disasters in Canada

An Assessment of Natural Hazards and Disasters in Canada

Editorial Reviews
Book Description

The problems and issues of natural hazards and disasters, both globally and in Canada, are becoming increasingly important since the costs of extreme natural events have been escalating, and significant vulnerabilities exist in Canadian society. Without thoughtful and effective mitigation, these costs and human suffering are likely to continue to increase. An assessment of knowledge, research, and practice in risk, hazards and disasters fields is a fundamental step towards the goal of prevention and mitigation.

This book on natural hazards and disasters in Canada is the first comprehensive interdisciplinary publication on this subject, and is the result of a national assessment on this topic. A variety of papers from the physical and social sciences explores both the risks associated with these hazards, and adaptive strategies that can be used to reduce those risks.

Audience: This excellent collection of papers is intended for academics, professionals and practitioners involved in hazard reduction activities who wish to obtain a better understanding of Canadian natural hazards.

An Assessment of Natural Hazards and Disasters in Canada,David Etkin,C.E. Haque,Gregory R. Brooks,Springer,1402011792,Earth Sciences - Geology,Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology,Environmental Science,Science,Science/Mathematics,Canada,Environmental impact of natural disasters & phenomena,Research methods: general,Science / Geology,Social impact of disasters

Books Review:

1. Applied Turbulence Modelling in Marine Waters
2. Arctic Environment Variability in the Context of Global Change (Springer Praxis Books / Environmental Sciences)
3. Artificial Intelligence and Dynamic Systems for Geophysical Applications
4. Benthic Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy of the South Caribbean
5. Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements in Coal and Coal Combustion
6. Boundary Element Methods for Soil-Structure Interaction
7. Chemical Fundamentals of Geology
8. Computational Methods in Water Resources, Volume 2 Volume Set : Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources ... NC, USA (Developments in Water Science)
9. Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics XVII : Proceedings of the Seventeenth Workshop, Athens, GA, USA, February 16-20, 2004 (Springer Proceedings in Physics)
10. Coniferous Forests, Volume 6 (Ecosystems of the World)

Books Review

Recommended Books

1. The Heart of the Rebellion
2. STRATEGIC PROPOSALS: Closing the Big Deal
3. Lynyrd Skynyrd: An Oral History
4. The Closers
5. Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory: An Anthology
6. Mammalogy
7. Phenotypic Plasticity : Functional and Conceptual Approaches
8. The Automatic Message, the Magnetic Fields, the Immaculate Conception
9. Smith of Wootton Major & Farmer Giles of Ham
10. Tadich Grill: The Story of San Francisco's Oldest Restaurant, With Recipes
11. Origami Sea Life
12. Rescuing the Emotional Lives of Overweight Children : What Our Kids Go Through - And How We Can Help
13. Sources of the West: Readings in Western Civilization, Volume I
14. Nature Guide to the Carolina Coast: Common Birds, Crabs, Shells, Fish, and Other Entities of the Coa
15. Michelin: Instanbul in Your Pocket