Keller E.A., DeVecchio D.E., Blodgett R.H. Natural Hazards: Earth's Processes as Hazards, Disasters, and Catastrophes

3rd Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2012, 554 pages, ISBN: 0321662644Ideal for courses on natural hazards or on earthquakes and volcanoes, Natural Hazards uses real-life examples of hazards and disasters to explore how and why they happen—and what we can do to limit their effects. The Third Edition of this text provides fully up-to-date coverage of recent disasters, and significantly revises the visual programk throughout. Included with every copy of this text is access to Hazard City, an online media resource which gives instructors meaningful, easy-to-assign, and easy-to-grade assignments where students investigate virtual disasters in the fictional town of Hazard City.Introduction to Natural Hazards
Internal Structure of Earth and Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Tsunamis
Volcanoes 1
Flooding
Mass Wasting
Subsidence and Soils
Atmosphere and Severe Weather
Hurricanes and Extratropical Cyclones
Coastal Hazards
Climate and Climate Change
Wildfires
Impacts and Extinctions