00922nam a22001217a 4500008004500000020001800045082001700063100001900080245005300099260003000152300001400182520060400196230518b    2015       ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780123964830  a551.457bELL  aEllis, Jean T.  aCoastal And Marine Hazards, Risks, And Disasters  aAmsterdambElsevierc2015  axv, 573p.  aSea and Ocean Hazards, Risks and Disasters provides a scientific approach to those hazards and disasters related to the Earth's coasts and oceans. This is the first book to integrate scientific, social, and economic issues related to disasters such as hazard identification, risk analysis, and planning, relevant hazard process mechanics, discussions of preparedness, response, and recovery, and the economics of loss and remediation. Throughout the book cases studies are presented of historically relevant hazards and disasters as well as the many recent catastrophes. Contains contributions from