Understanding risk and resilience to natural hazards / Nathan Wood.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Wood, Nathan (Nathan J.)

Contributor:

Geological Survey (U.S.)

Series:

Fact sheet (Geological Survey (U.S.)) ; 2011-3008.

Fact sheet ; 2011-3008

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Western Geographic Science Center.

Hazard mitigation.

Natural disasters--Research.

Natural disasters.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([2] pages) : color illustrations, color map.

Other Title:

At head of title: Research at the USGS Western Geographic Science Center

Place of Publication:

[Reston, Va.] : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, [2011]

Summary:

Natural hazards threaten the safety and economic wellbeing of communities. These hazards include sudden-onset hazards, such as earthquakes, and slowly emerging, chronic hazards, such as those associated with climate change. To help public officials, emergency and other managers, the business community, and at-risk individuals reduce the risks posed by such hazards, the USGS Western Geographic Science Center is developing new ways to assess and communicate societal risk and resilience to catastrophic and chronic natural hazards.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed May 3, 2011).

"January 2011."

Other Format:

Paper version: Wood, Nathan (Nathan J.). Understanding risk and resilience to natural hazards

OCLC:

719993924