Editors:
- Contribution to the International Year of Planet Earth
- Contributions from top international experts
- Contains both the scientific and the organisational perspective
- Contains both the physical and the social science perspective
Part of the book series: International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The IYPE Hazards Theme: Minimising Risk, Maximising Awareness
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Front Matter
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The Response of the International Scientific Community
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Front Matter
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Geophysical Risk and Sustainability: Climate and Climate Change
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Front Matter
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Geophysical Risk and Sustainability: Theory and Practice
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GeoHazards and Risks – Observation and Assessment
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About this book
Reviews
From the reviews:
“Geophysical Hazards is a timely compendium containing contributions by 36 authors and 19 reviewers covering various major geophysical hazards contemporary societies face. These hazards include tsunamis, earthquakes, landslides, rising and falling sea and lake levels, and climate change. … The publisher’s production standard is excellent as well, and maps, diagrams, and tables are of good quality. … Summing Up: Highly recommended. General readers, graduate students, researchers/faculty, and professionals.” (J. D. Ives, Choice, Vol. 48 (2), October, 2010)Editors and Affiliations
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CSIRO Atmospheric Research, Aspendale, Australia
Tom Beer
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Geophysical Hazards
Book Subtitle: Minimizing Risk, Maximizing Awareness
Editors: Tom Beer
Series Title: International Year of Planet Earth
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3236-2
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-3235-5Published: 22 January 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3140-0Published: 01 March 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-3236-2Published: 25 June 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 262
Number of Illustrations: 46 b/w illustrations, 75 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geophysics/Geodesy, Natural Hazards, Climate Change, Physical Geography