Great British Weather Disasters

by Philip Eden

Disaster books traditionally feed on hype, sensationalism and bad science. Eden manages to redress the balance.
What then is the place of weather disasters in our climate? Are they freaks or a necessary part of the whole? How rare are meteorological event does it take to cause chaos in our day-to-day lives? Are we becoming more at risk and less capable of dealing with them? Or do we just complain more? These days we try and mitigate the effects...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441145915
• ISBN13: 9781441145918
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.4"