Large-scale disasters :  prediction, control, and mitigation / 
edited by Mohamed Gad-el-Hak 
 - Cambridge :  Cambridge University Press,  2008 
 - xxiii, 576 p. :  ill. (some col.), maps (chiefly col.) ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521872935 (hardback)  RM631.80 0521872936 (hardback) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Natural disasters<br/>Natural disaster warning systems<br/>Natural disasters--Risk assessment<br/>Hazardous geographic environments--Risk assessment