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Biological and Environmental Hazards, Risks, and Disasters provides an integrated look at major impacts to the Earth's biosphere. Many of these are caused by diseases, algal blooms, insects, animals, species extinction, deforestation, land degradation, and comet and asteroid strikes that have i...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Sivanpillai, Ramesh (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Waltham, MA : Elsevier, 2016.
Series:Hazards and disasters series.
Subjects:
Disasters.
Environmental disasters.
Catastrophes.
Catastrophes �ecologiques.
disasters.
man-made disasters.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Disasters
Environmental disasters
Naturkatastrofer.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Biological and Environmental Hazards, Risks, and Disasters provides an integrated look at major impacts to the Earth's biosphere. Many of these are caused by diseases, algal blooms, insects, animals, species extinction, deforestation, land degradation, and comet and asteroid strikes that have important implications for humans. This volume, from Elsevier's Hazards and Disasters Series, provides an in-depth view of threats, ranging from microscopic organisms to celestial objects. Perspectives from both natural and social sciences provide an in-depth understanding of potential impacts.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780123964717
0123964717

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