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A memorial publication dedicated to the late Keith Smith, local columnist and journalist extraordinaire, comprising selected articles published in the Trinidad Express Newspaper from1985 to 2005.
Topics include : risk assessment, disaster management, adjustment to the hazard (accepting, sharing, reducing loss), earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, snow avalances, storms, biophysical hazards (extreme temperatures, epidemics, frost, wildlifires), floods, droughts, technological hazards (i.e. Bhopal and Chernobyl), etc.
The story of the abduction, beating, and rape of a teenage boy, followed by the unsolved brutal murder of his assailant, is now a moving novel written by the man who survived this vicious attack.
The fourth edition of Environmental Hazards continues to blend physical and social sciences to provide a thoroughly balanced, contemporary introduction to hazards analysis and mitigation strategies. It covers all the major rapid-onset events, whether natural, human or technological in origin which directly threaten humans and what they value. Environmental Hazards provides a lucid comprehensive introduction to both the theory and practice of hazards and their mitigation, drawing on interdisciplinary insights. It is essential reading for students of geography, environmental science, earth science and geology.
"Nitrous oxide, N2O, is the third most important (in global warming terms) of the greenhouse gases, after carbon dioxide and methane. As this book describes, although it only comprises 320 parts per billion of the earth's atmosphere, it has a so-called Global Warming Potential nearly 300 times greater than that of carbon dioxide. N2O emissions are difficult to estimate, because they are predominantly biogenic in origin. The N2O is formed in soils and oceans throughout the world, by the microbial processes of nitrification and denitrification, that utilise the reactive N compounds ammonium and nitrate, respectively. These forms of nitrogen are released during the natural biogeochemical nitrog...
"[A] play of many voices that celebrates the music of thought. Seven people by chance and circumstance inhabit the same building. During this work day walls become translucent, barriers that separate these solitary workers thin out. The characters reveal themselves through the melodies and rhythms in their speech, exposing personalities that are complex and often contradictory. I mean you know delineates the varieties of orchestrations and juxtapositions of voices within a musical score format. This visual book serves both as a book that reads silently out loud and as a script for performance"--Book jacket.
Do you have a deep-rooted fear of flying, or would you simply like to be more relaxed when you get on a plane? In this guide, veteran airline pilot Captain Keith Godfrey and psychologist Dr Alison Smith take you through everything from take-off to touchdown, helping you to feel more confident and at ease when journeying by air.