Titlebook: Natural Disasters and Risk Management in Canada; An Introduction Nirupama Agrawal Textbook 2018 Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part

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,Defining Natural Hazards – Large Scale Hazards,nent, in alphabetical order. The list of hazards includes biophysical hazards, droughts, earthquakes, extreme weather, floods, forest fires, ice storms and hurricanes. To help readers follow the material, the chapter draws heavily on recent examples.

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Disaster Perceptions,ectively. This chapter includes survey-based studies conducted in Canada as powerful testimonies to the importance of risk perception among various groups, including average citizens and emergency managers.

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Textbook 2018lores how, for certain episodic hazards liketornadoes, landslides, forest fires, snow avalanches, and volcanic eruptions, the early warning systems are still in various stages of development. Readers will gain knowledge of theoretical and practical concepts of risk evaluation which assist in better