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Earthquake: perspectives on earthquake disasters / Rooney, Anne 2014  Book
Rooney, Anne Book
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Publication London, Raintree Publishers, 2014.
Description 56pBlack Spine
Series Disaster dossiers
Summary/Abstract Uses first-hand accounts from eyewitnesses, survivors, the emergency services, scientists and the media to describe what happened before, during and after the Haiti earthquake of 2010.
Standard Number 9781406280289 Hb.
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Environmental migrants / Dalton, Dave 2005  Book
Dalton, Dave Book
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Publication Chicago, Heinemann Library, 2005.
Description 56pWhite Spine
Series People on the move
Summary/Abstract Explores the movements and migrations of environmental migrants.
Contents Introduction - The environment and people Why people migrate Natural disasters - Volcanoes and earthquakes Case study: Mount Pinatubo, Philippines Drought Case study: the dust bowl Floods Case study: Bangladesh Human causes - Farming and over-farming Case study: collapsing civilisations Trees and soil Famine Case study: the Irish potato famine Nuclear disasters The issues - Population growth Industrialization The consequences of global warming Responses to global warming Conclusion - Building a sustainable future Statistics: Environmental facts and figures Map of environmental problems and migrations Timeline of key events and migrations Glossary Find out more Index
Standard Number 1403469601 Hb.
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Restless Earth / National Geographic (Pub.) 1997  Book
National Geographic (Pub.) Book
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Publication Washington, D.C., National Geographic Society, 1997.
Description 288pBlack spine
Summary/Abstract A guide to geologic and meteorologic forces that interact to shape our environment - and sometimes explode into disaster.
Contents Our living planet - Its raging forces Severe Storms - Rain, snow, wind Unstable lands - The terror or temblors and volcanoes Climate shifts - Omens of global warming?
Standard Number 0792270266 Hb.
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