Geophysical hazards : minimizing risk, maximizing awareness / Tom Beer, editor.
This volume brings together some of the most influential international 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 organized societal response can prevent a hazard beco...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht ; London :
Springer,
[2010]
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| Series: | International year of planet Earth.
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks |
| Summary: | This volume brings together some of the most influential international 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 organized societal response can prevent a hazard becoming a disaster. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 262 pages) : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour). |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1283002140 9048132363 9781283002141 9789048132362 |