Unraveling Environmental Disasters, Second Edition provides scientific explanations of the most threatening current and future environmental disasters, including an analysis of ways disasters could have been prevented and how to minimize risk of similar disasters in the future. In this new edition the authors provide foundational knowledge on why certain environmental disasters occur and ways of reducing the risk of recurrences. Anyone involved in teaching or working in the main sciences of physics, chemistry, and biology, or in the applied sciences, including engineering, design, planning, and homeland security, should read the book to become acquainted with these very important issues.
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1. Failure
2. Science
3. Explosions
5. Leaks
6. Spills
7. Fires
8. Climate
9. Nature
10. Minerals
11. Recalcitrance
12. Radiation
13. Invasions
14. Products
15. Unsustainability
16. Society
17. Food
18. Health
19. Water
20. Future
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A fully updated new edition focusing on infamous environmental disasters and the scientific and societal reasons why they occur
Evaluates natural hazards and disasters with an emphasis on lessons learned for better future forecasting
Considers the impact of human systems on environmental disasters, treating disasters as complex systems
Provides detailed predictions, based upon sound science, on why disasters occur
Includes fully updated chapters on food, health, and water
Focuses on both theoretical and practical aspects of each disaster
Includes disasters related to climate change and pollution
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780443186516
Publisert
2023-10-23
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Vekt
450 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
191 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
720