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California catastrophes : = the natural disaster history of the Golden State /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	California catastrophes :/ Gary Griggs.
Reminder of title:	the natural disaster history of the Golden State /
remainder title:	Natural disaster history of the Golden State
Author:	Griggs, Gary B.
Published:	Oakland, Calif. :University of California Press, : c2024.,
Description:	xiii, 260 p. :ill., maps ;23 cm.
[NT 15003449]:	Introduction to California's natural disasters -- Earthquakes and faulting -- Tsunamis -- Volcanoes and vulcanism -- Extreme rainfall and flooding -- Climate change and drought -- Wildland fires -- Landslides, rockfalls and debris flows -- Coastal storms, sea-level rise and shoreline retreat -- Where do we go from here?
Subject:	Natural disasters - History. - California -
ISBN:	9780520402089

California catastrophes : = the natural disaster history of the Golden State /
Griggs, Gary B.

California catastrophes :the natural disaster history of the Golden State /Natural disaster history of the Golden StateGary Griggs. - Oakland, Calif. :University of California Press,c2024. - xiii, 260 p. :ill., maps ;23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-256) and index.

Introduction to California's natural disasters -- Earthquakes and faulting -- Tsunamis -- Volcanoes and vulcanism -- Extreme rainfall and flooding -- Climate change and drought -- Wildland fires -- Landslides, rockfalls and debris flows -- Coastal storms, sea-level rise and shoreline retreat -- Where do we go from here?

"California is the most populous state in the nation and has attracted immigrants since the gold rush in 1848, whether by accident or intention. Although California also has more natural hazards per square mile than any other state as a result of straddling a plate boundary and because of its geologic adolescence, this hasn't deterred others from moving here. In addition to active faults and earthquakes, the state has a myriad of other natural hazards that frequently wreak havoc on the state and its residents, whether floods, landslides and debris flows, sea-level rise and coastal erosion, an occasional tsunami, and now we have climate change with its more frequent droughts and wildland fires, and more concentrated winter rainfall. This book is about the state's vulnerability to natural hazards, why and where we have these events, what has happened in the past and what we can anticipate in the future. And no place in the state is far from one natural hazard or another. Most Californians have an innate interest in these events and not many years goes by without a catastrophe of one sort or another, which can affect entire towns or regions. California Catastrophes is the only book focused on the natural disaster history of the state"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN: 9780520402089

LCCN: 2023056545Subjects--Topical Terms:

3750538
Natural disasters
--History.--California

LC Class. No.: GB5010 / .G75 2024

Dewey Class. No.: 363.3409794

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