| Titre : |
Geophysical hazards minimizing risk, maximizing awareness |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Tom Beer, Directeur de publication, rédacteur en chef |
| Editeur : |
[Dordrecht] [Pays-Bas] : Springer Verlag |
| Année de publication : |
c2010 |
| Collection : |
International year of planet Earth |
| Importance : |
1 vol. (xix, 262 p.) |
| Présentation : |
ill. (certaines en coul.), diagr., cartes (certaines en coul.) |
| Format : |
27 cm |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-90-481-3235-5 |
| Note générale : |
Réf. bibliogr. Index |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Catégories : |
Catastrophes naturelles -- Coopération internationale -- Recherche ; Catastrophes naturelles -- Évaluation du risque
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| Index. décimale : |
363.34 |
| Résumé : |
This volume 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 but that concerted and organized societal response can prevent a hazard becoming a disaster |
| Note de contenu : |
The hazards theme of the International Year of Planet Earth / Tom Beer -- Social science perspectives on hazards and vulnerability science / Susan L. Cutter -- Focusing on the environment and human security nexus / Juan Carlos Villagrán de León and Janos J. Bogardi -- Communicating geological hazards : educating, training and assisting geoscientists in communication skills / David Liverman -- Introduction of a new international research program : integrated research on disaster risk -- the challenge of natural and human-induced environmental hazards / Gordon A. McBean -- Building a university network for disaster risk reduction in sub-Saharan Africa / Genene Mulugeta -- Co-operation plan on hazards & disasters risk reduction in Asia and the Pacific / Harsh Gupta -- Closing the gap between science and practice to reduce human losses in hydro-meteorological disasters / Kuniyoshi Takeuchi -- The role of geosciences in the mitigation of natural disasters : five case studies / S.A.G. Leroy ... [et al.] -- Seismic hazard in India : practical aspects and initiatives during IYPE / R.K. Chadha -- Computational geodynamics as a component of comprehensive seismic hazards analysis / Alik Ismail-Zadeh -- Hazards in the coastal zones related to groundwater-seawater interaction processes / Y.A. Kontar, Yu.R. Ozorovich, and A.T. Salokhiddinnov -- Mega tsunami of the world oceans : chevron dune formation, micro-ejecta, and rapid climate change as the evidence of recent oceanic bolide impacts / Viacheslav Gusiakov ... [et al.] -- Understanding slow deformation before dynamic failure / G. Ventura ... [et al.] -- Landslides in mountain regions : hazards, resources and information / Raisa Gracheva and Alexandra Golyeva
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Geophysical hazards minimizing risk, maximizing awareness [texte imprimé] / Tom Beer, Directeur de publication, rédacteur en chef . - [Dordrecht] (Pays-Bas) : Springer Verlag, c2010 . - 1 vol. (xix, 262 p.) : ill. (certaines en coul.), diagr., cartes (certaines en coul.) ; 27 cm. - ( International year of planet Earth) . ISBN : 978-90-481-3235-5 Réf. bibliogr. Index Langues : Anglais ( eng)
| Catégories : |
Catastrophes naturelles -- Coopération internationale -- Recherche ; Catastrophes naturelles -- Évaluation du risque
|
| Index. décimale : |
363.34 |
| Résumé : |
This volume 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 but that concerted and organized societal response can prevent a hazard becoming a disaster |
| Note de contenu : |
The hazards theme of the International Year of Planet Earth / Tom Beer -- Social science perspectives on hazards and vulnerability science / Susan L. Cutter -- Focusing on the environment and human security nexus / Juan Carlos Villagrán de León and Janos J. Bogardi -- Communicating geological hazards : educating, training and assisting geoscientists in communication skills / David Liverman -- Introduction of a new international research program : integrated research on disaster risk -- the challenge of natural and human-induced environmental hazards / Gordon A. McBean -- Building a university network for disaster risk reduction in sub-Saharan Africa / Genene Mulugeta -- Co-operation plan on hazards & disasters risk reduction in Asia and the Pacific / Harsh Gupta -- Closing the gap between science and practice to reduce human losses in hydro-meteorological disasters / Kuniyoshi Takeuchi -- The role of geosciences in the mitigation of natural disasters : five case studies / S.A.G. Leroy ... [et al.] -- Seismic hazard in India : practical aspects and initiatives during IYPE / R.K. Chadha -- Computational geodynamics as a component of comprehensive seismic hazards analysis / Alik Ismail-Zadeh -- Hazards in the coastal zones related to groundwater-seawater interaction processes / Y.A. Kontar, Yu.R. Ozorovich, and A.T. Salokhiddinnov -- Mega tsunami of the world oceans : chevron dune formation, micro-ejecta, and rapid climate change as the evidence of recent oceanic bolide impacts / Viacheslav Gusiakov ... [et al.] -- Understanding slow deformation before dynamic failure / G. Ventura ... [et al.] -- Landslides in mountain regions : hazards, resources and information / Raisa Gracheva and Alexandra Golyeva
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