American Hazardscapes : The Regionalization of Hazards and Disasters.
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American Hazardscapes : The Regionalization of Hazards and Disasters.
Author:
Cutter, Susan L.
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1 online resource (227 pages)
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Natural Hazards and Disasters: Reducing Loss and Building Sustainability in a Hazardous World: a
Contents:
Front Matter -- Preface -- Contributors -- Contents -- The Changing Nature of Risks and Hazards CHAPTER 1 -- Methods for Determining Disaster Proneness CHAPTER 2 -- Mapping and the Spatial Analysis of Hazardscapes CHAPTER 3 -- Data, Data Everywhere, But Can We Really Use Them? CHAPTER 4 -- Trends in Disaster Losses CHAPTER 5 -- Which Are the Most Hazardous States? CHAPTER 6 -- Charting a Course for the Next Two Decades CHAPTER 7 -- References -- Selected Hazard Assessment Models APPENDIX A -- Top States in Events and Losses by Individual Hazard APPENDIX B -- Index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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