American Hazardscapes : The Regionalization of Hazards and Disasters

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American Hazardscapes : The Regionalization of Hazards and Disasters

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 227 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780309074438
  • DDC分類 363.340973

Full Description

Barrier islands. Flood plains. Earthquake faults. Sometimes the environment poses threats to our well being, yet many of us continue to choose to live in risky or dangerous places. And on top of the "knowns" are the other, more hidden hazards related to environmental contamination that pose equally serious threats to our health and well being.

But where are these places and what types of hazards are found there? American Hazardscapes examines the risks associated with living and owning property in diverse regions across the United States, offering dual perspectives: that of the geographer and that of the social science hazards researcher. The book summarizes what we already know about regional patterns of hazard events and losses during the previous three decades and goes further to shed light on the nature of the events themselves and their impact on society.

Written for the relocating citizen and the policy maker alike, American Hazardscapes presents a regional ecology of disaster-prone or disaster-resistant states. It also offers thoughts on what local, state, and federal managers need to do to meet the challenge of reducing hazard losses in the next century.

Table of Contents

Front Matter
1 The Changing Nature of Risks and Hazards
2 Methods for Determining Disaster Proneness
3 Mapping and the Spatial Analysis of Hazardscapes
4 Data, Data Everywhere, But Can We Really Use Them?
5 Trends in Disaster Losses
6 Which Are the Most Hazardous States?
7 Charting A Course for the Next Two Decades
References
Appendix A: Selected Hazard Assessment Models
Appendix B: Top States in Events and Losses by Individual Hazard
Index
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Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 1 The Changing Nature of Risks and Hazards; 3 2 Methods for Determining Disaster Proneness; 4 3 Mapping and the Spatial Analysis of Hazardscapes; 5 4 Data, Data Everywhere, But Can We Really Use Them?; 6 5 Trends in Disaster Losses; 7 6 Which Are the Most Hazardous States?; 8 7 Charting A Course for the Next Two Decades; 9 References; 10 Appendix A: Selected Hazard Assessment Models; 11 Appendix B: Top States in Events and Losses by Individual Hazard; 12 Index; 13 Figure 2.2 Figure 2.3 Figure 3.3 Figure 3.4