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This text explores natural disasters such as volcanoes, earthquakes, flooding and other hazards. It looks at how these phenomena develop and their impact on the environment.
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Earthquake coverage is now two chapters (it had been three chapters) and volcano coverage is now two chapters (it had been one chapter).
Updated Internet References and the addition of Internet questions at the end of each chapter.
Updated with the most recent events and current data (throughout).
Optional package with The Smithsonian's Journey Through Geology: Earthquakes and Volcanoes version CD-ROM.
The Energy Theme is discussed throughout. Release of gravitational energy is discussed in the mass wasting chapter (8) and the sun's heat energy is discussed as the cause of severe weather disasters. Initial discussion is found in chapter 1.
Critical Thinking Questions have been added to the end of the chapters.
Updated Internet References and the addition of Internet questions at the end of each chapter.
Updated with the most recent events and current data (throughout).
Optional package with The Smithsonian's Journey Through Geology: Earthquakes and Volcanoes version CD-ROM.
The Energy Theme is discussed throughout. Release of gravitational energy is discussed in the mass wasting chapter (8) and the sun's heat energy is discussed as the cause of severe weather disasters. Initial discussion is found in chapter 1.
Critical Thinking Questions have been added to the end of the chapters.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I just finished taking a course at Florida International University having to do with natural disasters and this book was the required text. I found the book very interesting and informative. The different forms of natural disasters were seperated by chapters and were very well explained. I found it very easy to learn about natural disasters using this book.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
A great book for beginners interested in this topic!!!
11 Jan 1999
Format:Paperback
I just finished taking a course at Florida International University having to do with natural disasters and this book was the required text. I found the book very interesting and informative. The different forms of natural disasters were seperated by chapters and were very well explained. I found it very easy to learn about natural disasters using this book.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Natural Disasters makes geology interesting!
28 Oct 1999
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
As a developer of geology and earth science college textbooks for major publishers, I've worked with a lot of excellent books. Patrick Abbott's Natural Disasters, second edition, is one of the most interesting, readable, informative, and engaging books available. It doesn't have all the four-color diagrams and photos, and doesn't need them. The book tells many fascinating stories that engage students (e.g., the Lisbon earthquake of 1755), relates these natural events to humanity, and offers outstanding short summaries of geologic phenomena and events (e.g., the K-T extinction). This is one of the few books I keep on my desk to illustrate geologic events and principles for friends and coworkers. Highly recommended!
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Natural Disasters
7 May 2004
Format:Paperback
I used this book for one of my Earth and Ocean Science courses at the University of British Columbia. Although I enjoyed the many good examples, I found that the text did not have a very good flow to it. I found some of it to be choppy, and some of the sentences to be quite unclear. I agree, the examples are interesting, but it seems like the text relies on those examples to be interesting. I think a lot of processes could have been explained better, as I thought the point from class notes I received from my professors did a lot better than the text in helping me understand certain processes. I definetely agree it's a beginner text though as the examples give a good indication that natural disasters only occur because humans have inhabited locations that often times threaten lives.
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