\u003chtml\u003e\u003cp\u003eNatural disasters are occasional intense events that disturb Earth's surface, but their impact can be felt long after. Hazard events such as earthquakes, volcanos, drought, and storms can trigger a catastrophic reshaping of the landscape through the erosion, transport, and deposition of different kinds of materials.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeomorphology and Natural Hazards: Understanding Landscape Change for Disaster Mitigation\u003c/i\u003e is a graduate level textbook that explores the natural hazards resulting from landscape change and shows how an Earth science perspective can inform hazard mitigation and disaster impact reduction.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume highlights include:\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDefinitions of hazards, risks, and disasters\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eImpact of different natural hazards on Earth surface processes\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGeomorphologic insights for hazard assessment and risk mitigation\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eModels for predicting natural hazards\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow human activities have altered 'natural' hazards\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eComplementarity of geomorphology and engineering to manage threats\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/html\u003e
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