Bibliography

Required Text Books (Books should be available at Labyrinth Books at 536 W 112th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Ave.). Students are expected to have read the following two books cover to cover during the course. Special sections of these 2 books should be more intensively studied in conjunction with individual lectures as noted below.

  • Blaikie, P., T. Cannon, I. Davis & B. Wisner:  "At Risk:  Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability, and Disasters".  New York:  Routledge;  1994.  pp. 298.
  • Patrick L. Abbott: "Natural Disasters". 2nd Edition. WCB/McGraw-Hill, 1999. pp. 397.

 

Additional Optional Texts (Not Required but Recommended; check out books from combined CU/Barnard Libraries; this list is in alphabetic order, not sequenced by priority):

  • Burby, Raymond J., Cooperating with Nature.  Joseph Henry Press, Washington, D.C.;  1998  pp.356.
  • Burton, Ian;  Kates. Robert W., and White, Gilbert P.,  The Environment as Hazard.  2nd revised ed.  New York:  The Guilford Press:  1993.  290 pp.
  • Coch, Nicholas K., Geohazards - Natural and Human. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.: 1995 pp. 1- 481.
  • Cohen, Joel E., How Many People Can the Earth Support? W.W. Norton and Co., 1995, pp.   
  • Godshalk, David R.,Timothy Beatley, Philip Berke, David J. Brower, and Edward J. Kaiser, Charles. C. Bohl, and R. Mathew Goebel.  Natural Hazard Mitigation - Recasting Disaster Policy and Mitigation. Washington DC: Island Press. 1999. 575 pp.
  • Kunreuther, Howard;  Roth, Richards, Paying the Price.  Joseph Henry Press, Washington, D.C.  1998. 300pp.
  • Mileti, Dennis S.: "Disasters by Design - A Reassessment of Natural Hazards in the United States". Washington DC,  Joseph Henry Press; 1999. pp. 351.
  • Perrow, Charles. Normal Accidents. Living with High-Risk Technologies. Basic Books (US), 1984. pp. 386.
  • Keith Smith: "Environmental Hazards: Assessing Risk and Reducing  Disaster" 2nd edition, New York. Routledge; 1996; pp. 389

 

Extended List of Text Resources:

  • Abbott, Patrick L. Natural Disasters. Duduque, Iowa: Wm.C. Brown-McGraw Hill, 2nd Ed., 1998; 397 pp. (paper).  Note: has selected website listings at end of each chapter !!!
  • Alexander, David.  Natural Disasters.   New York, New York:  Chapman & Hall, Inc.  1993.  pp. 632.
  • Berke, Philip R., and Beatley.  Planning For Earthquakes:  Risks, Politics, and Policy. 1992.   The Johns Hopkins University Press.  Baltimore, MD.  210pp.
  • Blaikie, Piers and others.  At Risk:  Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability, and Disasters.  New
  • York:  Routledge;  1994.  298 pp.
  • Bourrian, Janine.  Understanding Catastrophe:  It's Impact on Life on Earth.  New York:  Cambridge University Press;  1992.  214 pp.
  • Burby, Raymond J., Cooperating With Nature.  Joseph Henry Press, Washington, D.C.;  1998  pp.356.
  • Burton, Ian;  Kates. Robert W., and White, Gilbert P.  The Environment as Hazard.  2nd revised ed.  New York:  The Guilford Press:  1993.  290 pp.
  • Chapman, David. Natural Hazards. Melbourne, Australia: Oxford Univ. Press;  1994.  174 pp.
  • Coch, Nicholas K. Geohazards - Natural and Human. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.: 1995 pp. 1- 481. about $ 60.
  • Ebert, Charles H. V.  Disasters:  Violence of Nature and Threats by Man. Dubuque, Iowa:  Kendal-Hunt Publishing Co.;  1997. 274 pp.
  • FEMA, Multihazard - Identification and Risk Assessment. The Cornerstone of the National Mitigation Strategy.  FEMA, Washington DC.  1997.  pp. 369 plus Append
  • Godshalk, David R., Timothy Beatley, Philip Berke, David J. Brower, and Edward J. Kaiser, Charles. C. Bohl, and R. Mathew Goebel.  Natural Hazard Mitigation - Recasting Disaster Policy and Mitigation. Washington DC: Island Press. 1999. 575 pp.
  • Hewitt, Kenneth.  Regions of Risk:  A Geographical Introduction to Disasters.  Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1997.  311 pp.
  • Keller, Edward A.  Environmental Geology.  7th ed.  Upper Saddle River, N.J.:  Prentice Hall, Inc.;  1996. 560 pp.
  • Kovach, Robert L.  Earth's Fury:  An Introduction to Natural Hazards and Disasters.  Englewood
  • Cliffs, N.J.:  Prentice Hall;  1995.  224 pp.
  • Kunreuther, Howard;  Roth, Richards, Paying the Price.  Joseph Henry Press, Washington, D.C.  1998. 300pp.
  • McCall, G.J. H., Laming, D. J. C., Scott, S.C.,  Geo Hazards - Natural and Man Made;  1992 Chapman and Hall,  1992.  pp. 227.  (only solid earth, not atmosphere or floods.)
  • Merriman, P.A. and Browitt, C.W. A.  Natural Disasters: Protecting Vulnerable Communities.
  • London:  Thomas Telford;  1993.  591 pp.
  • Mileti, Dennis S. (Editor); Disasters by Design - A Reassessment of Natural Hazards in the United States. Washington DC,  Joseph Henry Press; 1999. pp. 351.
  • Murck, Barbara W.; Skinner, Brian J., and Porter, Stephen C.  Environmental Geology.  New York:  John Wiley & Sons;  1996.  553 pp.
  • Perrow, Charles. Normal Accidents. Living with High-Risk Technologies. Basic Books (US), 1984. pp. 386.
  • Qurantelli, E.L. (Editor) What is a disaster? Perspectives on a question. Routledge 5/1998. 328 pages. Paper: ISBN 0415178991. $29.95
  • Smith, Keith.  Environmental Hazards: Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster. 2nd ed. New York, NY:  Routledge; 1996.  414pp.  (Routledge Physics)  Environment Series.
  • Tobin, Graham A. and Montz, Burrell E. Natural Hazards:  Explanation and Integration.  New York: Guilford Press; 1997. 388pp.
  • Whittow, John.  Disasters: The Anatomy of Environmental Hazards.  London: Alan Lane-Penguin
  • Books; 1980. 411pp.
  • Yanev, Peter.  Peace of Mind in Earthquake Country,  Chronicle Books, San Francisco.  1974.  pp. 304.
  • Anonymous:
  • The Economic Consequences of a Catastrophic Earthquake.  National Academy Press, Washington D. C.  1992.  178pp.
  • FEMA, Multihazard - Identification and Risk Assessment. The Cornerstone of the National Mitigation Strategy.  FEMA, Washington DC.  1997.  pp. 369 plus Append

 

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