Geophysical Hazards Minimizing Risk, Maximizing Awareness /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Beer, Tom (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Σειρά: International Year of Planet Earth
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Geophysics.; Natural disasters.; Physical geography.; Climate change.; Earth Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Natural Hazards.; Climate Change.; Physical Geography.

This volume, written by the Hazards Science Team of the International Year of Planet Earth, brings together some of the most influential international scientists dealing with Natural Hazards and society’s response to natural hazards. It recognises that hazards, like poverty, will always be with us b...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.