Geophysical Hazards : Minimizing Risk, Maximizing Awareness /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Beer, Tom. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Edición:1st ed. 2010.
Colección:International Year of Planet Earth
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The IYPE Hazards Theme: Minimising Risk, Maximising Awareness
  • The Hazards Theme of the International Year of Planet Earth
  • Social Science Perspectives on Hazards and Vulnerability Science
  • Focusing on the Environment and Human Security Nexus
  • Communicating Geological Hazards: Educating, Training and Assisting Geoscientists in Communication Skills
  • The Response of the International Scientific Community
  • of a New International Research Program: Integrated Research on Disaster Risk - The Challenge of Natural and Human-Induced Environmental Hazards
  • Building a University Network for Disaster Risk Reduction in sub-Saharan Africa
  • Co-operation Plan on Hazards & Disasters Risk Reduction in Asia and the Pacific
  • Geophysical Risk and Sustainability: Climate and Climate Change
  • Closing the Gap Between Science and Practice to Reduce Human Losses in Hydro-Meteorological Disasters
  • The Role of Geosciences in the Mitigation of Natural Disasters: Five Case Studies
  • Geophysical Risk and Sustainability: Theory and Practice
  • Seismic Hazard in India - Practical Aspects and Initiatives During IYPE
  • Computational Geodynamics as a Component of Comprehensive Seismic Hazards Analysis
  • Hazards in the Coastal Zones Related to Groundwater–Seawater Interaction Processes
  • GeoHazards and Risks – Observation and Assessment
  • Mega Tsunami of the World Oceans: Chevron Dune Formation, Micro-Ejecta, and Rapid Climate Change as the Evidence of Recent Oceanic Bolide Impacts
  • Understanding Slow Deformation Before Dynamic Failure
  • Landslides in Mountain Regions: Hazards, Resources and Information.