Title Geophysical hazards : minimizing risk, maximizing awareness / Tom Beer, editor

Published Dordrecht ; London : Springer, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 262 pages) : illustrations, maps Series International year of planet Earth International year of planet Earth. Contents Part 1: The IYPE Hazards Theme: Minimising Risk, Maximising Awareness -- Part 2: The Hyogo Framework for Action -- Science meets Society -- Part 3: The Response of the International Scientific Community -- Part 4: Geophysical Risk and Sustainability. Climate and climate change. Theory and Practice -- Part 5: GeoHazards and Risks -- Observation and Assessment Summary 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 but that concerted and organised societal response can prevent a hazard becoming a disaster. By bringing together geoscientists, social scientists and those concerned with the administration of international science and international disaster reduction, this book details the state-of-the-science as well as the state-of-the-response in natural hazards. The contents of this volume fall into four parts: Part 1 deals with the IYPE Hazards Theme and its relation to society, emphasising that implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action requires a strong emphasis on human societies, human security, and that this can be achieved only through appropriate communication. Part 2 focuses on the response of the international scientific community. Part 3 concentrates on geophysical risk and sustainability by considering climate and climate change as well as the theory and the praxis involved in hazards, their prevention and mitigation. Part 4 relates to the observation and assessment of geo-hazards and risk Analysis klimaatverandering climatic change fysische geografie physical geography aardwetenschappen earth sciences geofysica geophysics geodesie geodesy Geology (General) Geologie (algemeen) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record In Springer eBooks Subject Natural disasters -- Risk assessment Natural disasters -- International cooperation -- Research NATURE -- Natural Disasters. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disasters & Disaster Relief. Sciences de la terre. Environnement. Natural disasters -- Risk assessment Form Electronic book Author Beer, Tom ISBN 9789048132362 9048132363 9789400731400 940073140X

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