{"product_id":"natural-disasters-in-a-global-environment-9781118252338","title":"Natural Disasters in a Global Environment","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNatural Disasters in a Global Environment is a transnational, global and environmental history of natural and man-made disasters. Detailed case studies of past and present events are presented in a historical narrative, making use of the most recent scholarship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-divison undergraduates through professionals; general readers.\" - CHOICE, November 2013\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of figures x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART 1 INTERNAL PROCESSES 11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Supervolcanoes 13\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Mt. Toba Eruption (73,000 BP) 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Thera (Santorini) Eruption in the Aegean Sea (1600 BCE) 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMt. Tambora (1815) and Krakatau (1883) 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Mt. Pinatubo Eruption (1991) 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Threatening Future Scenario 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Earthquakes 38\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe San Francisco Earthquake (1906) 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Great Kanto Earthquake (1923) 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Haitian Earthquake (2010) 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Tsunamis 71\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLisbon, Portugal: The Quadruple Disaster (1755) 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Lituya Bay Mega-Tsunami (1958) 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Sumatra–Andaman Earthquake (2004) 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Tôhoku (Japan) Tsunami (2011) 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART 2 SURFICIAL PROCESSES 105\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Fire 107\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Burning of Rome (68 CE) 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Great Fire of London (1666) 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Chicago and Peshtigo Fires (1871) 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Floods 136\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCentral China Floods (1931) 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Dutch Flood Disaster (1953) 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Bangladesh Floods (1997–98) 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Landslides 162\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Turtle Mountain Landslide, Canada (1903) 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Aberfan Landslide, Wales (1966) 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ancash Earthquake and Landslide, Peru (1970) 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Southern Leyte Landslide, the Philippines (2006) 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Pandemic Diseases 189\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Bubonic Plague (1347–51 and After) 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Great Infl uenza Pandemic (1918–20) 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHIV\/AIDS (1985–) 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART 3 ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES 223\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Hurricanes, Cyclones, and Typhoons 225\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Labor Day Hurricane in the Florida Keys (1935) 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Bhola Cyclone (1970) 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuper-Typhoon Nina (1975) 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Famines and Droughts 253\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Irish Potato Famine (1845–51) 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe “Dust Bowl” Drought in the American West (1930–40) 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Great Leap Forward Chinese Famine (1958–61) 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Meteorite Impacts 287\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Creation of Earth’s Moon and the Origins of Meteorites 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Yucatán Chicxulub Crater, Mexico (65 MYA) 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Clovis Extinction (12,500–12,900 BP) 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Tunguska (Siberia) Event (1908) 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInvestigating Future Impacts 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 311\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue 313\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 319\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default 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