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Natural Hazards focuses on hazards as the interface between humanity and its needs for space and resources and the ongoing geologic processes of Earth. For an introductory course in geologic hazards for non-science majors. Together with easy-to-assign projects of Hazard City: Assignments in Applied Geology, the Prentice Hall Geoscience Animations Library, and the Prentice Hall's Environmental Geology Video Series, Natural Hazards provides the most comprehensive instructor and student learning package available.
This text focuses on helping non-science majors develop an understanding of how geology and humanity interact. Ed Keller-the author who first defined the environmental geology curriculum-focuses on five fundamental concepts of environmental geology: Human Population Growth, Sustainability, Earth as a System, Hazardous Earth Processes, and Scientific Knowledge and Values. These concepts are introduced at the outset of the text, integrated throughout the text, and revisited at the end of each chapter. The Fifth Edition emphasizes currency, which is essential to this dynamic subject, and strengthens Keller's hallmark "Fundamental Concepts of Environmental Geology," unifying the text's diverse topics while applying the concepts to real-world examples.