Environmental Hazards
Subtitle: Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: August 29, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780415428651
Subjects: Science: General Issues; Science; Environmental Studies; Science/Mathematics; Science / Environmental Science; Disasters & Disaster Relief; Earth Sciences - Geography; Environmental Science
First sentence: In the modern world, there is an increasing paradox between the outstanding achievements in science and medicine, which make life safer and healthier, and the continuing death and destruction associated with so-called 'natural hazards'.