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Geophysical Hazards

Minimizing Risk, Maximizing Awareness

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  • © 2010

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Editors:
  1. Tom Beer

    1. CSIRO Atmospheric Research, Aspendale, Australia

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  • 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)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. The IYPE Hazards Theme: Minimising Risk, Maximising Awareness

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Hazards Theme of the International Year of Planet Earth

      • Tom Beer
      Pages 3-16

    3. Social Science Perspectives on Hazards and Vulnerability Science

      • Susan L. Cutter
      Pages 17-30

    4. Focusing on the Environment and Human Security Nexus

      • Juan Carlos Villagrán de León, Janos J. Bogardi
      Pages 31-39

    5. Communicating Geological Hazards: Educating, Training and Assisting Geoscientists in Communication Skills

      • David Liverman
      Pages 41-55

  4. Geophysical Risk and Sustainability: Climate and Climate Change

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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    2. Closing the Gap Between Science and Practice to Reduce Human Losses in Hydro-Meteorological Disasters

      • Kuniyoshi Takeuchi
      Pages 105-114

    3. The Role of Geosciences in the Mitigation of Natural Disasters: Five Case Studies

      • S.A.G. Leroy, S. Warny, H. Lahijani, E.L. Piovano, D. Fanetti, A.R. Berger
      Pages 115-147

  5. Geophysical Risk and Sustainability: Theory and Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
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    2. Seismic Hazard in India - Practical Aspects and Initiatives During IYPE

      • R.K. Chadha
      Pages 151-160

    3. Computational Geodynamics as a Component of Comprehensive Seismic Hazards Analysis

      • Alik Ismail-Zadeh
      Pages 161-177

    4. Hazards in the Coastal Zones Related to Groundwater–Seawater Interaction Processes

      • Y. A. Kontar, Yu. R. Ozorovich, A. T. Salokhiddinnov
      Pages 179-194

  6. GeoHazards and Risks – Observation and Assessment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195
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    2. Mega Tsunami of the World Oceans: Chevron Dune Formation, Micro-Ejecta, and Rapid Climate Change as the Evidence of Recent Oceanic Bolide Impacts

      • Viacheslav Gusiakov, Dallas H. Abbott, Edward A. Bryant, W. Bruce Masse, Dee Breger
      Pages 197-227

    3. Understanding Slow Deformation Before Dynamic Failure

      • G. Ventura, S. Vinciguerra, S. Moretti, P.H. Meredith, M.J. Heap, P. Baud et al.
      Pages 229-247
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About this book

The International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) was established as a means of raising worldwide public and political awareness of the vast, though frequently under-used, potential the Earth Sciences possess for improving the quality of life of the peoples of the world and safeguarding Earth’s rich and diverse environments. The International Year project was jointly initiated in 2000 by the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) and the Earth Science Division of the United Nations Educational, Scienti?c and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). IUGS, which is a Non-Governmental Organisation, and UNESCO, an Inter-Governmental Orga- sation, already shared a long record of productive cooperation in the natural sciences and their application to societal problems, including the International Geoscience Programme (IGCP) now in its fourth decade. With its main goals of raising public awareness of, and enhancing research in the Earth sciences on a global scale in both the developed and less-developed countries of the world, two operational programmes were demanded. In 2002 and 2003, the Series Editors together with Dr. Ted Nield and Dr. Henk Schalke (all four being core members of the Management Team at that time) drew up outlines of a Science and an Outreach Programme. In 2005, following the UN proclamation of 2008 as the United Nations International Year of Planet Earth, the “Year” grew into a triennium (2007–2009).

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“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)

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  • CSIRO Atmospheric Research, Aspendale, Australia

    Tom Beer

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