TY  - BOOK
AU  - Abbott, Patrick L.
TI  - Natural disasters
SN  - 0697374394
U1  - 904.5 A2n 1999 
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Boston
PB  - WCB McGraw-Hill
KW  - Natural disasters
N1  - Includes glossary and index
N2  - "This book focuses on natural disasters: how the normal processes of the Earth concentrate their energies and deal heavy blows to humans and their structures. It largely ignores the numerous case histories describing human actions and resultant environmental responses; these topics are left to the excellent textbooks on environmental geology. Nor does this book address resource extraction, utilization and disposal; these subjects are covered by fine textbooks on earth resources, minerals, energy, soils and water. This book is concerned with how the natural world operates and, in so doing, kills and maims humans and destroys their works."
ER  -