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Natural disasters / Patrick L. Abbot and Blodgett, Robert H.

Por: Abbot, Patrick LColaborador(es): Blodgett, Robert HIdioma: Español Editor: New York : Mc Graw-Hill, 2012Edición: 8th edDescripción: 469 p. : il. col., tbls., grafs. fot. col. ; 28 cm + CD-ROMISBN: 9780073369372Tema(s): Geología | Sismología | Desastre natural
Contenidos:
Prologue: Energy Flows -- Processes of construction versus destruction -- 1. Natural Disasters and the Human Population -- Natural disasters in 2008 -- Great natural disasters -- Human fatalities in natural disasters -- The role of government in natural - disaster death totals -- Human responses to disaster -- Economic losses from natural disasters -- Insured portion of economic losses -- Natural hazards -- Popocatépetl volcano, Mexico - Magnitude, frequency and return period -- Role of population growth -- Overview of human population history -- The power of an exponent on growth -- The last 10.000 years of human history -- Interest paid on money: an example of exponential growth -- The human population today -- Future world population -- The demographic divide -- Urbanization and earthquake fatalities -- Carring capacity -- Easter island (Rapa Nui) -- 2. Internal Energy and Plate Tectonics -- 3. Earthquake Geology and Seismology -- 4. Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes -- 5. Earthquake Lessons and Regional Settings -- 6. Volcanic Eruptions: Plate Tectonics and Magmas -- 7. Volcano Case Histories: Killer Events -- 8. Tsunami Versus Wind-Caused Waves -- 9. External Energy Fuels Weather and Climate -- 10. Tornadoes, Lightning, Heat, and Cold -- 11. Hurricanes -- 12. Climate Change -- 13. Floods -- 14. Fire -- 15. Mass Movements -- 16. Impacts with Space objects -- Epilogue: Mass extinctions.
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Prologue: Energy Flows -- Processes of construction versus destruction --
1. Natural Disasters and the Human Population -- Natural disasters in 2008 -- Great natural disasters -- Human fatalities in natural disasters -- The role of government in natural - disaster death totals -- Human responses to disaster -- Economic losses from natural disasters -- Insured portion of economic losses -- Natural hazards -- Popocatépetl volcano, Mexico - Magnitude, frequency and return period -- Role of population growth -- Overview of human population history -- The power of an exponent on growth -- The last 10.000 years of human history -- Interest paid on money: an example of exponential growth -- The human population today -- Future world population -- The demographic divide -- Urbanization and earthquake fatalities -- Carring capacity -- Easter island (Rapa Nui) --
2. Internal Energy and Plate Tectonics --
3. Earthquake Geology and Seismology --
4. Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes --
5. Earthquake Lessons and Regional Settings --
6. Volcanic Eruptions: Plate Tectonics and Magmas --
7. Volcano Case Histories: Killer Events --
8. Tsunami Versus Wind-Caused Waves --
9. External Energy Fuels Weather and Climate --
10. Tornadoes, Lightning, Heat, and Cold --
11. Hurricanes --
12. Climate Change --
13. Floods --
14. Fire --
15. Mass Movements --
16. Impacts with Space objects -- Epilogue: Mass extinctions.

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