Life on the edge : New Zealand's natural hazards and disasters.
Life on the edge : New Zealand's natural hazards and disasters.
Life edge
- Auckland, N.Z. : David Bateman, 2007.
- 160 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 27 cm.
At foot of title: Te ara - the encyclopedia of New Zealand. "What's the story?"--Cover. "This publication has been endorsed as a New Zealand contribution to the International Year of Planet Earth 2008"--p. 4. Includes index. Contains material drawn from the second theme of Te Ara: the Encyclopedia of New Zealand: "Earth, Sea and Sky".
Overview: living dangerously -- Floods: New Zealand's number one hazard -- Earthquakes: where two plates meet -- Volcanoes: living on the ring of fire -- Landslides: gravity always wins -- Tsunamis: New Zealand's underrated hazard -- Being prepared.
9781869536909 (pbk.)
Natural disasters--New Zealand.
Natural hazards--New Zealand.
551 / LIF
At foot of title: Te ara - the encyclopedia of New Zealand. "What's the story?"--Cover. "This publication has been endorsed as a New Zealand contribution to the International Year of Planet Earth 2008"--p. 4. Includes index. Contains material drawn from the second theme of Te Ara: the Encyclopedia of New Zealand: "Earth, Sea and Sky".
Overview: living dangerously -- Floods: New Zealand's number one hazard -- Earthquakes: where two plates meet -- Volcanoes: living on the ring of fire -- Landslides: gravity always wins -- Tsunamis: New Zealand's underrated hazard -- Being prepared.
9781869536909 (pbk.)
Natural disasters--New Zealand.
Natural hazards--New Zealand.
551 / LIF