Disasters On The Severn

Author : Chris Witts
Publisher : Tempus Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780752423838
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Disasters on the Severn written by Chris Witts and published by Tempus Pub Limited. This book was released on 2002-06 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The River Severn is one of Britain's longest and most dangerous waterways, and has seen a number of accidents, floods, and mysteries over the years. The author is an experienced navigator of the river and has collected an absorbing catalogue of incidents. This is a record of the tribulations of man trying to harness the powers of this awe-inspiring waterway, and the perils risked by those who live alongside the Severn.

Author : Mike Hall
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750951753
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Severn Tsunami? Story of Britain's Greatest Natural Disaster written by Mike Hall and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On January 30, 1607, a huge wave, over 7 meters high, swept up the River Severn, flooding the land on either side. The wall of water reached as far inland as Bristol and Cardiff. It swept away everything in its path, devastating communities and killing thousands of people. Historian and geographer Mike Hall pieces together the contemporary accounts and the surviving physical evidence to present, for the first time, a comprehensive picture of what actually happened on that fateful day and its consequences. He also examines the possible causes of the disaster: was it just a storm surge, or was it, in fact, the only recorded instance of a tsunami in Britain?

Author : Gero Michel
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0128040939
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Risk Modeling for Hazards and Disasters written by Gero Michel and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Risk Modeling for Hazards and Disasters covers all major aspects of catastrophe risk modeling, from hazards through to financial analysis. It explores relevant new science in risk modeling, indirect losses, assessment of impact and consequences to insurance losses, and current changes in risk modeling practice, along with case studies. It also provides further insight into the shortcomings of current models and examines model risk and ideas to diversify risk assessment. Risk Modeling for Hazards and Disasters instructs readers on how to assess, price and then hedge the losses from natural and manmade catastrophes. This book reviews current model development and science and explains recent changes in the catastrophe modeling space, including new initiatives covering uncertainty and big data in the assessment of risk for insurance pricing and portfolio management. Edited by a leading expert in both hazards and risk, this book is authored by a global panel including major modeling vendors, modeling consulting firms, and well-known catastrophe modeling scientists. Risk Modeling for Hazards and Disasters provides important insight into how models are used to price and manage risk. Includes high profile case studies such as the Newcastle earthquake, Hurricane Andrew and Hurricane Katrina Provides crucial information on new ideas and platforms that will help address the new demands for risk management and catastrophe risk reporting Presents the theory and practice needed to know how models are created and what is and what is not important in the modeling process Covers relevant new science in risk modeling, indirect losses, assessment of impact and consequences to insurance losses, and current changes in risk modeling practice, along with case studies

Author : Donald G. Shomette
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801886706
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shipwrecks, Sea Raiders, and Maritime Disasters Along the Delmarva Coast, 1632–2004 written by Donald G. Shomette and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2007-12-17 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring the accounts of twenty-five ill-starred vessels -- some notorious and some forgotten until now -- this anthology provides a fascinating history of a local maritime culture and charts how the catastrophic events along the Delmarva coast significantly affected U.S. merchant shipping as a whole.

Author : Sara Hawys Roberts
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 075354539X
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Withdrawn Traces written by Sara Hawys Roberts and published by Random House. This book was released on 2019-03-14 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New discoveries and a fresh perspective, with unprecedented access to Richey's personal archive On 1 February 1995, Richey Edwards, guitarist of the Manic Street Preachers, went missing at the age of 27. On the eve of a promotional trip to America, he vanished from his London hotel room, his car later discovered near the Severn Bridge, a notorious suicide spot. Over two decades later, Richey’s disappearance remains one of the most moving, mysterious and unresolved episodes in recent pop culture history. For those with a basic grasp of the facts, Richey's suicide seems obvious and undeniable. However, a closer investigation of his actions in the weeks and months before his disappearance just don’t add up, and until now few have dared to ask the important questions. Withdrawn Traces is the first book written with the co-operation of the Edwards family, testimony from Richey’s closest friends and unprecedented and exclusive access to Richey’s personal archive. In a compelling real-time narrative, the authors examine fresh evidence, uncover overlooked details, profile Richey's state of mind, and brings us closer than ever before to the truth.

Author : Peter J. Brown
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110719622
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Meteorological Disasters in Medieval Britain (AD 1000‒1500) written by Peter J. Brown and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-08-21 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When high-magnitude meteorological hazards impact vulnerable human populations, disasters are the inevitable consequence. Through archaeological and historical evidence, this book investigates how these sudden and unpredictable events affected British medieval populations (AD 1000-1500). Medieval society understood disasters in a practical sense and took steps to minimise risk by constructing flood defences and reinforcing structures damaged by storms. At the same time, natural hazards were widely interpreted through a framework of religious and superstitious beliefs and a wide variety of measures were followed to secure protection against the dangers of the natural world. Disasters, therefore, were interpreted through a duality of understanding in which their occurrence could be the result of spiritual or superstitious triggers but practical solutions were a key component in mitigating their tangible impacts. In evaluating this duality, this book focuses on specific case studies and considers both their diverse historical contexts as well as their consequences for society against the backdrop of significant demographic and climatic change--as a result of the Black Death and the transition to the Little Ice Age.

Author : Peter Smithson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135090114
Total Pages : 792 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fundamentals of the Physical Environment written by Peter Smithson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fundamentals of the Physical Environment has established itself as a well-respected core introductory book for students of physical geography and the environmental sciences. Taking a systems approach, it demonstrates how the various factors operating at Earth’s surface can and do interact, and how landscape can be used to decipher them. The nature of the earth, its atmosphere and its oceans, the main processes of geomorphology and key elements of ecosystems are also all explained. The final section on specific environments usefully sets in context the physical processes and human impacts. This fourth edition has been extensively revised to incorporate current thinking and knowledge and includes: a new section on the history and study of physical geography an updated and strengthened chapter on climate change (9) and a strengthened section on the work of the wind a revised chapter (15) on crysosphere systems - glaciers, ice and permafrost a new chapter (23) on the principles of environmental reconstruction a new joint chapter (24) on polar and alpine environments a key new joint chapter (28) on current environmental change and future environments new material on the Earth System and cycling of carbon and nutrients themed boxes highlighting processes, systems, applications, new developments and human impacts a support website at www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415395168 with discussion and essay questions, chapter summaries and extended case studies. Clearly written, well-structured and with over 450 informative colour diagrams and 150 colour photographs, this text provides students with the necessary grounding in fundamental processes whilst linking these to their impact on human society and their application to the science of the environment.

Author : Henry Smith Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1366 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Historians' History of the World written by Henry Smith Williams and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 1366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Henry Smith Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 686 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Historians' History of the World: England to 1485 written by Henry Smith Williams and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Henry Smith Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 690 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book England to 1485 written by Henry Smith Williams and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: