附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-180).
Natural hazards : an introduction -- Windstorms in a warmer world -- Floods and other weather-related hazards in a changing climate -- Landslides and environmental change -- Volcanoes and environmental change -- Sea-level change as a trigger of natural hazards -- Asteroid and comet impacts as initiators of environmental change -- Environmental change and natural hazards : prospects for the future.
摘要:This text highlights and critically evaluates the accumulating evidence for an intimate link between natural hazards - both in terms of type and frequency - and environmental change.