Overview

Written by geoscientists with experience of the practical problems of disasters in developing countries, this book guides the reader through the practical problems of the assessment of geohazards, their prediction and the mitigation of their effects. Not only are the obvious disasters such as earthquakes, lahars (volcanic mudflows) and gas outbursts discussed, but also quiet hazards' such as soil degradation, rising ground-water and the reduction of biodiversity. The papers arose from a meeting on geohazards in London in 1989 hosted by the Association of Geoscientists for International Development (AGID). The contributors come from a wide range of countries and have considerable experience in the field. This book should prove a timely contribution to the UN Decade of Natural Disaster Reduction, which began in 1990, and should be useful to earth scientists, land use planners and environmentalists both in developed and developing countries. This book should be of interest to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate geology students taking a hazards course, and geologists, environmental scientists and development specialists.

Full Product Details

Author:   G. J. H. McCall ,  etc. ,  D. Larning (Herrington Geoscience) ,  S. Scott (Polytechnic South West)
Publisher:   Chapman and Hall
Imprint:   Chapman and Hall
Weight:   0.980kg
ISBN:  

9780412439209

ISBN 10:   0412439204
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   14 May 1992
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Part 1 Volcanic hazards: volcano risk mitigation through training, J.L. Anderson and R.W. Decker; Volunteer Observers Program - a tool for monitoring volcanic and seismic events in the Philippines, Peria J. Delos Reyes; volcanic hazards in Colombia and Indonesia - lahars and related phenomena, H. Th. Verstappen; the 1985 Nevado del Ruiz eruption - scientific, social and governmental response and interaction before the event, M.L. Hall; lahars of Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuador - hazard and risk evaluation, Patricia A. Mothes; seismic monitoring of Lake Nyos, Cameroon, following the gas release disaster of August 1985, Alice B. Walker et al. Part 2 Earthquake hazards: long-term seismic hazards in the eastern Mediterranean region, N.M. Ambraseys; the ROA Eartquake Hazard Atlas project - recent work from the Middle East, M.R. Degg; some implications of the 1985 Mexican earthquake for hazard assessment, M.R. Degg. Part 3 Landslide hazards: landslide hazard assessment in the context of development, D.K.C. Jones; the identification and mitigation of glacier-related hazards - examples from the Cordillera Blanca, Peru, J.M. Reynolds. Part 4 The quiet hazards: sea-level changes in China, past and future - their impact and countermeasures, Wang Sijing and Zhao Xitao; rising groundwater - a problem of development in some urban areas of the Middle East, D.J. George; factors affecting losses of soil and agricultural land in tropical countries, S. Nortcliff and P.J. Gregory; reduction of biodiversity - the ultimate disaster?, W.S. Fyfe.

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