Environmental Disasters: Anthropogenic and Natural
Author:   Kiril Kondratyev ,  Alexei Grigoryev ,  Costas Varotsos
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
ISBN:  

9783540433033


Pages:   400
Publication Date:   01 August 2002
Format:   Hardback
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Overview

As the impacts of environmental disasters on populations and their economic activity increase, the assessment of risk from such catastrophic events becomes more urgent not only for humankind, but also for other living organisms. This book details the problems caused by such environmental disasters and discusses possible mitigation methods, including risk mapping using satellite monitoring data.

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Author:   Kiril Kondratyev ,  Alexei Grigoryev ,  Costas Varotsos
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Weight:   1.180kg
ISBN:  

9783540433033


ISBN 10:   3540433031
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   01 August 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Natural and anthropogenic environmental disasters: The problem of risk; Natural and anthropogenic disasters in the history of civilization; Natural disasters and their consequences; Some anthropogenic disasters and their consequences; Global and regional slow disasters; Satellite monitoring of natural and anthropogenic disasters.

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From the reviews: The book offers a survey of the most significant natural and human-induced disasters that took place in the historic past. The book will be of great interest to environmental geologists, meteorologists, and space astronauts. (Fakhry A. Assaad, Environmental Geology, Vol. 48 (8), 2005)


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