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Unique in the reference literature, this Companion provides
students with an introduction to all the major concepts and
contemporary issues in the environmental sciences. The text is
divided into six sections (Environmental Sciences, Environments,
Paradigms and Concepts, Processes and Dynamic, Scales and
Techniques, Environmental Issues), with over 200 entries
alphabetically organized and authored by key names in the
environmental science disciplines. Entries are concise,
informative, richly visual and fully referenced and cross
referenced. They introduce key concepts and processes that are
included in the index, cite relevant websites, and reflect the
latest thinking.
The new revised fifth edition of Natural Hazards remains the go-to
introductory-level survey intended for university and college
courses that are concerned with earth processes that have direct,
and often sudden and violent, impacts on human society. The text
integrates principles of geology, hydrology, meteorology,
climatology, oceanography, soil science, ecology, and solar system
astronomy. The textbook explains the earth processes that drive
hazardous events in an understandable way, illustrate how these
processes interact with our civilization, and describe how we can
better adjust to their effects. Written by leading scholars in the
area, the new edition of this book takes advantage of the greatly
expanding amount of information regarding natural hazards,
disasters, and catastrophes. The text is designed for learning with
each chapter broken into small consumable chunks of content for
students. Each chapter opens with a list of learning objectives and
ends with revision as well as with high-level critical thinking
questions. Concepts in Review section provides an innovative end of
chapter section that breaks down the chapter content by section:
reviewing the learning objectives, summary points, important
visuals, and key terms. New case studies of hazardous events have
been integrated into the text, and students are invited to actively
apply their understanding of the five fundamental concepts that
serve as a conceptual framework for the text. Figures,
illustrations, and photos have been updated throughout. The book is
designed for a course in natural hazards for non-science majors,
and a primary goal of the text is to assist instructors in guiding
students who may have little background in science to understand
physical earth processes as natural hazards and their consequences
to society.
The new revised fifth edition of Natural Hazards remains the go-to
introductory-level survey intended for university and college
courses that are concerned with earth processes that have direct,
and often sudden and violent, impacts on human society. The text
integrates principles of geology, hydrology, meteorology,
climatology, oceanography, soil science, ecology, and solar system
astronomy. The textbook explains the earth processes that drive
hazardous events in an understandable way, illustrates how these
processes interact with our civilization, and describes how we can
better adjust to their effects. Written by leading scholars in the
area, the new edition of this book takes advantage of the greatly
expanding amount of information regarding natural hazards,
disasters, and catastrophes. The text is designed for learning,
with chapters broken into small consumable chunks of content for
students. Each chapter opens with a list of learning objectives and
ends with revision as well as high-level critical thinking
questions. A Concepts in Review feature provides an innovative
end-of-chapter section that breaks down the chapter content by
parts: reviewing the learning objectives, summary points, important
visuals, and key terms. New case studies of hazardous events have
been integrated into the text, and students are invited to actively
apply their understanding of the five fundamental concepts that
serve as a conceptual framework for the text. Figures,
illustrations, and photos have been updated throughout. The book is
designed for a course in natural hazards for nonscience majors, and
a primary goal of the text is to assist instructors in guiding
students who may have little background in science to understand
physical earth processes as natural hazards and their consequences
to society.
Unique in the reference literature, this Companion provides
students with an introduction to all the major concepts and
contemporary issues in the environmental sciences. The text is
divided into six sections (Environmental Sciences, Environments,
Paradigms and Concepts, Processes and Dynamic, Scales and
Techniques, Environmental Issues), with over 200 entries
alphabetically organized and authored by key names in the
environmental science disciplines. Entries are concise,
informative, richly visual and fully referenced and cross
referenced. They introduce key concepts and processes that are
included in the index, cite relevant websites, and reflect the
latest thinking.
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