Geophysical Hazards : Minimizing Risk, Maximizing Awareness /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2010. |
| Series: | International Year of Planet Earth
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Table of Contents:
- 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.