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245 03 $aAn assessment of natural hazards and disasters in Canada /$cedited by David Etkin, C. Emdad Haque, Gregory R. Brooks.
260 $aDordrecht ;$aLondon :$bKluwer Academic,$c©2003.
300 $aviii, pages 211-589 :$billustrations, maps ;$c25 cm
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500 $aReprinted from: Natural Hazards, v. 28, no. 2-3, 2003.
505 00 $gEditorial:$tTowards a better understanding of natural hazards and disasters in Canada /$rDavid Etkin,$rEmdad Haque,$rGregory R. Brooks --$tDisaster management and community planning, and public participation: how to achieve sustainable hazard mitigation /$rLaurie Pearce --$tThe contribution of philosophy to hazards assessment and decision making /$rIngrid Leman Stefanovic --$tForecasting the conditional probabilities of natural disasters in Canada as a guide for disaster preparedness /$rMohammed H.I. Dore --$tHazards risk assessment methodology for emergency managers: a standardized framework for application /$rNorman Ferrier,$rC. Emdad Haque --$tThe determinants of disaster vulnerability: achieving sustainable mitigation through population health /$rJohn R. Lindsay --$tA general framework for mitigation-oriented planning assessments of mobile telecommunications lifelines (MTL) /$rPeter S. Anderson,$rGordon A. Gow --$tWeather as a chronic hazard for road transportation in Canadian cities /$rJean Andrey [and others] --$tFlooding in the Red River Basin -- lessons from post flood activities /$rSlobodan P. Simonovic,$rRichard W. Carson --$tThe effectiveness of flood damage reduction measures in the Montreal region /$rBenoît Robert,$rSimon Forget,$rJean Rousselle --$tFlood Damage Reduction Program (FDRP) in Quebec: case study of the Chaudière River /$rEsther Roy,$rJean Rousselle,$rJacinthe Lacroix --$tStorm surge hazard in Canada /$rMaurice Danard,$rAdam Munro,$rTad Murty --$tTsunami hazard and risk in Canada /$rJohn J. Clague,$rAdam Munro,$rTad Murty --$tHeat wave hazards: an overview of heat wave impacts in Canada /$rKaren E. Smoyer-Tomic,$rRobyn Kuhn,$rAlana Hudson --$tSnow avalanche hazard in Canada -- a review /$rChris Stethem [and others] --$tSeismic hazard mitigation for buildings /$rSimon Foo,$rAlan Davenport --$tGeomagnetic hazards to conducting networks /$rD.H. Boteler --$tThe vulnerability of Canada to volcanic hazards /$rMark V. Stasiuk,$rCatherine J. Hickson,$rTaimi Mulder.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 1 $a"This book on natural hazards and disasters in Canada is the first comprehensive interdisciplinary publication on this subject, and is the result of a national assessment on this topic. A variety of papers from the physical and social sciences explores both the risks associated with these hazards, and adaptive strategies that can be used to reduce those risks." "This collection of papers is intended for academics, professionals and practitioners involved in hazard reduction activities who wish to obtain a better understanding of Canadian natural hazards."--BOOK JACKET.
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700 1 $aEtkin, David.
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