Natural disasters books

Includes the papers presented at the International Symposium Hazards-91 which was held in Perugia, Italy, during...  Read More >>

Urban seismic risk is growing worldwide and is, increasingly, a problem of developing countries. Unless urban seismic...  Read More >>

Develops a research plan to study and monitor Mount Rainier, an active Cascade volcano located about 35 km southeast...  Read More >>

Reviews research on the Loma Prieta quake and draws from it's practical lessons that can be applied to other earthquake-prone...  Read More >>

Focuses on the evolution of landforms in the Western Himalaya, providing an essential guide for predictive, protective...  Read More >>

Proceedings Symposium, October 22--26, 1990, Perugia, Italy  Read More >>

estimate tsunami potential by computing seismic moment. Shuto (Japan) described his conversion of !ida's definition...  Read More >>

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An introductory text on natural disasters, combining an authoritative treatment of the physical basis of the subject...  Read More >>

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A first-hand account of various aspects of volcanoes, exploring why they occur where they do, and interpreting volcanism...  Read More >>

A first-hand account of various aspects of volcanoes, exploring why they occur where they do, and interpreting volcanism...  Read More >>

The Report provides up-to-date information and analysis of humanitarian disasters around the world. It also provides...  Read More >>

A pre-and post-fire study in a South African mountain fynbos ecosystem, which addresses the interaction between...  Read More >>

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"Focusing on the practical problems of the assessment of geohazards in developing countries, their prediction and...  Read More >>

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An account of the environmental problems posed by different types of waste material, the current state of technology...  Read More >>

Hurricane Hugo, which made landfall on September 21, 1989, was the first serious storm to cross the South Carolina...  Read More >>

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This report on the impact and the role of fire in tropical ecosystems also investigates the impact of tropical wildland...  Read More >>

Current studies of recent crustal movement are presented using space and terrestrial geodetic methods. - Deformation...  Read More >>

Documents and analyzes the meteorological conditions leading to torrential rains, the causes and patterns of flooding,...  Read More >>

The contributions in this book were presented, orally or as posters, at the International Volcanological Congress...  Read More >>