Natural hazards:
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Cambridge [u.a.]
Cambridge Univ. Press
1991
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
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| Beschreibung: | XVIII, 294 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 052137295X 0521378893 |
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| adam_text | Contents
List of Illustrations ix
List of Tables xiii
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xvii
i Introduction to natural hazards i
Rationale i
Historical background i
The world of myths and legends Catastrophism vs
uniformitarianism Catastrophe theory The
relationship between humans and natural hazards
Chapter outlines 8
1 Climatic hazards 13
2 Large-scale storms as a hazard 13
Introduction 13
Tropical cyclones 18
Introduction Mechanics of cyclone generation
Magnitude and frequency World cyclone disasters
Geological significance Impact and response
Extra-tropical cyclones 30
Formation Disasters
Storm surges 36
Introduction Causes Probability of occurrence
3 Strong wind as a hazard 42
Introduction 42
Tornadoes 42
Introduction Form and formation Occurrence
Tornado destruction Geological and ecological
significance Response
Dust storms 30
Introduction Formation Location and frequency
of occurrence Major storm events Geological
significance
Localized strong winds 33
4 Oceanographic hazards 38
Introduction 38
Waves as a hazard 33
Theory Wave generation World distribution of
high waves Waves as a hazard at sea
Sea-ice as a hazard 63
Ice in the ocean Ice at shore
Sea-level rise as a hazard 63
Introduction Role of the Greenhouse effect Current
rates of change in sea-level worldwide Factors
causing sea-level oscillations Global associations
between sea-level and climate
Beach erosion hazard 75
Introduction Sea-level rise and the Bruun rule
General causes of erosion Erosion resulting from
increased rainfall Erosion attributed to storminess
Concluding remarks
K Causes and prediction of drought and
flood 83
Introduction 83
Changes in circulation patterns 86
Drought conditions exacerbated by humans 83
Rajputana desert Sahel region Australia
The Southern Oscillation 33
Introduction Southern Oscillation phenomena
Global long-term links to drought and floods Links to
other hazards
Sunspots and the 18.6-year lunar cycles 101
Description Astronomical cycles and worldwide
drought and rainfall Astronomical cycles and the
Southern Oscillation
Concluding comments 103
6 Response to droughts 108
Introduction 108
Droughts and national governments no
African policy Western societies
International response to drought //7
International relief organizations International aid
flops Bob Geldof
Long-term consequences of drought 122
7 Associated precipitation hazards 124
Introduction 124
Thunderstorms, lightning and hail 124
Thunderstorms Lightning Hail
Snowstorms, blizzards and freezing rain 130
Snowstorms Blizzards Freezing rain
Concluding comments 136
viii Contents
8 Flooding as a hazard 138
Introduction 138
Flash floods 138
Magnitude and frequency of heavy rainfall Flood
power Flash flood events
High magnitude, regional floods 148
Mississippi River floods of 1373 Great Australian
floods of 1974
Geological changes due to flooding of large
rivers 132
A model for change Historical changes to the
Mississippi River Historical changes to the Hwang
Ho River
9 Fires in nature 137
Introduction 197
Worldwide distribution of vegetation 198
Conditions favouring intense bushfires 159
Causes of bushfires 162
Bushfire disasters 163
The world United States Australia
Concluding comments 169
II Geological hazards 171
10 Causes and prediction of earthquakes and
volcanoes 173
Introduction 173
Scales for measuring earthquake intensity 173
Distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes 173
Causes of earthquakes and volcanoes 178
Plate boundaries Hot spots Other faulting and
Dilatancy Reservoirs or dams
Prediction of earthquakes and volcanoes 181
Introduction Clustering of volcanic and seismic
events Long-term prediction of seismic activity
Short-term prediction of seismic and volcanic activity
Concluding comments 193
lí Earthquakes and tsunami as
hazards 193
Types of shock waves ¡93
Seismic risk maps 196
Earthquake disasters 198
General Tokyo earthquake (1 September 1923)
Alaskan earthquake (27 March 1964) The
Californian earthquake hazard
Liquefaction or thixotrophy 203
Tsunami 206
Description Disaster descriptions Prediction in the
Pacific region The threat in Australia
Concluding comments 213
12 Volcanoes as a hazard 218
Introduction 218
Types of volcanic eruptions 220
Volcanic hazards 221
Lava flows Ballistics and tephra clouds
Pyroclastic flows and base surges Gases and acid
rains Lahars Glacier bursts
Volcanic disasters 228
Vesuvius (23 August ad 79) Mount Pelée
(8 May 1902) Krakatoa (26—27 August 1883)
Mount St Helens (18 May 1980)
13 Land instability as a hazard 23 6
Introduction 236
Soil mechanics 236
Stress and strain Friction, cohesion and coherence
Shear strength of soils: Mohr-Coulomb equation
Pore water pressure Rigid and elastic solids
Plastic solids
Classification of land instability 241
Introduction Expansive soils Creep and
solifluction Mud and debris flows Landslides
and slumps Rockfalls Debris avalanches
Air-supported flows
Subsidence 234
Concluding comments 255
III Social Impact 257
14 Personal and group response to
hazards 239
Introduction 239
Before the event 239
Warnings and evacuation Preparedness, if warned
Dealing with the event and its aftermath 262
Response during the event Death and grief
Possessions and homes Anti-social behaviour
Resettlement Myths and heroes
Additional impacts 268
Emotional problems Critical incidence stress
syndrome
15 Epilogue 373
Glossary 273
Index 287
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