{"product_id":"9781119990314","title":"Geomorphology and Natural Hazards: Understanding Landscape Change for Disaster Mitigation","description":"\u003cp\u003eNatural disasters are occasional intense events that disturb Earth's surface, but their impact can be felt long after. Hazard events such as earthquakes, volcanos, drought, and storms can trigger a catastrophic reshaping of the landscape through the erosion, transport, and deposition of different kinds of materials.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Geomorphology and Natural Hazards: Understanding Landscape Change for Disaster Mitigation is a graduate level textbook that explores the natural hazards resulting from landscape change and shows how an Earth science perspective can inform hazard mitigation and disaster impact reduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Volume highlights include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDefinitions of hazards, risks, and disasters\n\u003cbr\u003eImpact of different natural hazards on Earth surface processes\n\u003cbr\u003eGeomorphologic insights for hazard assessment and risk mitigation\n\u003cbr\u003eModels for predicting natural hazards\n\u003cbr\u003eHow human activities have altered 'natural' hazards\n\u003cbr\u003eComplementarity of geomorphology and engineering to manage threats\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48651287560427,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":98.79,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9781119990314-1.jpg?v=1781656541","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9781119990314","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}