Extreme events
Subtitle: a physical reconstruction and risk assessment
By: Jonathan Nott.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9780521824125
Subjects: Natural disasters; Natural disasters -- Research; Risk assessment
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Droughts; title: Floods; title: Tropical cyclones; title: Tsunamis; title: Earthquakes; title: Landslides; title: Volcanoes; title: Asteroids; title: Extreme events over time.