- Author
- Committee on Earth and environmental Sciences
- Title
- Reducing the Impacts of Natural Hazards: A Strategy for the Nation.
- Keywords
- disasters | climate
- Abstract
- Natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, wildfire, or drought strike nearly every part of the United States and much of the world, exacting an unacceptable toll of life, property, natural resources, and economic and social well-being. In recent years, great disasters have struck in Armenia, Bangladesh, Italy, the Middle East, Central America, and elsewhere around the Pacific Rim.