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His texts provide a thorough examination of environmental challenges, blending scientific rigour with accessible explanation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIdeal for students, educators, and anyone seeking authoritative references, Smith's books fall within the \u003cem\u003eEducation \u0026amp; Reference\u003c\/em\u003e category, delivering clear, well-researched content that supports deeper learning and critical thinking about environmental safety and management.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"environmental-hazards-by-keith-smith-9780815365419","title":"Environmental Hazards","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe seventh edition of \u003ci\u003eEnvironmental Hazards\u003c\/i\u003e provides a much expanded and fully up-to-date overview of all the extreme environmental events that threaten people and what they value in the 21st century globally. It integrates cutting-edge materials to provide an interdisciplinary approach to environmental hazards and their management, illustrating how natural and human systems interact to place communities of all sizes, and at all stages of economic development, at risk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePart 1 defines basic concepts of hazard, risk, vulnerability, and disaster and explores the evolution of hazards theory. 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The ways in which different societies can make positive responses to these threats are placed firmly in the context of sustainable development and global environmental change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis extensively revised edition includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eA new concluding chapter that summarises the globalisation of hazard and critically examines the latest perspectives on climate-related disasters\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFresh perspectives on the reliability of disaster data, disaster risk reduction, severe storms, droughts, and technological hazards\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMore boxed sections with a focus on both generic issues and the lessons to be learned from a carefully selected range of recent extreme events\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAn annotated list of key resources, including further reading and relevant websites, for all chapters\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e183 diagrams, now in full colour, and available to download on: www.routledge.com\/9780415681063\/\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eOver 30 colour photographs and more than 1,000 references to some of the most significant and recent published material.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnvironmental Hazards\u003c\/i\u003e is a clearly-written, authoritative account of the causes and consequences of the extreme natural and technological processes that cause death and destruction across the globe. 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