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- 2010028996 abstract "Natural Disasters examines the types of natural hazards, their costs in human lives and economic impact, and national and international responses to them. Detailed case studies examine disasters in the United States, the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake and tsunami of 2004-2005, water resource management in China, the 1984-1985 famine in Ethiopia, and the eruption of Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia in 1985. The case studies also investigate strategies that governments and private agencies have adopted to predict, manage, and survive natural disasters. --from publisher description".
- 2010028996 contributor B11771333.
- 2010028996 created "c2011.".
- 2010028996 date "2011".
- 2010028996 date "c2011.".
- 2010028996 dateCopyrighted "c2011.".
- 2010028996 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- 2010028996 description "Natural Disasters examines the types of natural hazards, their costs in human lives and economic impact, and national and international responses to them. Detailed case studies examine disasters in the United States, the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake and tsunami of 2004-2005, water resource management in China, the 1984-1985 famine in Ethiopia, and the eruption of Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia in 1985. The case studies also investigate strategies that governments and private agencies have adopted to predict, manage, and survive natural disasters. --from publisher description".
- 2010028996 extent "xvii, 414 p. :".
- 2010028996 identifier "081608260X".
- 2010028996 identifier "9780816082605".
- 2010028996 isPartOf "Global issues (Facts on File, Inc.)".
- 2010028996 isPartOf "Global issues".
- 2010028996 issued "2011".
- 2010028996 issued "c2011.".
- 2010028996 language "eng".
- 2010028996 publisher "New York : Facts On File,".
- 2010028996 subject "904/.5 22".
- 2010028996 subject "GB5014 .F38 2011".
- 2010028996 subject "Natural disasters.".
- 2010028996 title "Natural disasters / Lesli J. Favor ; foreword by Katherine Ellins.".
- 2010028996 type "text".