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Awesome forces : the natural hazards that threaten New Zealand / edited by Geoff Hicks and Hamish Campbell.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Wellington, N.Z. : Te Papa Press, 2012.Edition: Rev. edDescription: ix, 153 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9781877385872 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 559.3 AWE 23
Contents:
Our place: the forces that shaped New Zealand / Hamish Campbell -- Volcanoes: blow up / Graham Leonard and Bruce Houghton -- Earthquakes: the big one / Kate Clark, Alan Hull and Russ van Dissen -- Landslides: beware of falling rocks / Eileen and Mauri McSaveney -- Tsunami: the last wave / Willem de Lange -- Extreme weather: wet 'n' wild / Jim Salinger -- The human side of hazards: when nature and people collide / Emma Doyle, David Johnstone and Sarbjit Johal.
Summary: "Informative, colourful and generously illustrated with hundreds of images from New Zealand and the world, this extensively revised and updated edition of Te Papa's most popular book is an indispensible resource and an essential read for anyone wanting to understand more about the hazards that threaten this beautiful and unstable land - and what we can do to survive them." -- Back cover.
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Previous ed.: 1998.

Includes index.

"Published in association with EQC and GNS Science."

"Informative, colourful and generously illustrated with hundreds of images from New Zealand and the world, this extensively revised and updated edition of Te Papa's most popular book is an indispensible resource and an essential read for anyone wanting to understand more about the hazards that threaten this beautiful and unstable land - and what we can do to survive them." -- Back cover.

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