vii, 356 pages :maps ;25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Trust in the walls --Catastrophe year zero --Catastrophysics --The three little pigs --Risk made concrete --Mr Heath's little black book --The garden of the forking paths --Intolerable risk --The disaster forecast --Save our souls --The master of disaster --Turning up the heat --The remedies of Dr Resilience.
1.Environmental risk assessment.2.Hazard mitigation.3.Hazardous geographic environments.4.Natural disasters--Planning.5.Natural disasters--Prevention.Dynamic Details