Springer Science+Business Media, 2010, 262 pages, ISBN:
9048132355.
This volume, written by the Hazards Science Team of the Inteational Year of Planet Earth, brings together some of the most influential inteational 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 conceed with the administration of inteational science and inteational disaster reduction, this book details the state of the science as well as the state of the response in natural hazards.
The IYPE Hazards Theme: Minimising Risk, Maximising Awareness.
The Response of the Inteational Scientific Community.
Geophysical Risk and Sustainability: Climate and Climate Change.
Geophysical Risk and Sustainability: Theory and Practice.
GeoHazards and Risks – Observation and Assessment.
This volume, written by the Hazards Science Team of the Inteational Year of Planet Earth, brings together some of the most influential inteational 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 conceed with the administration of inteational science and inteational disaster reduction, this book details the state of the science as well as the state of the response in natural hazards.
The IYPE Hazards Theme: Minimising Risk, Maximising Awareness.
The Response of the Inteational Scientific Community.
Geophysical Risk and Sustainability: Climate and Climate Change.
Geophysical Risk and Sustainability: Theory and Practice.
GeoHazards and Risks – Observation and Assessment.