Geomorphological Hazards and Disaster Prevention

Geomorphological Hazards and Disaster Prevention
Author :
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 305
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780521769259
ISBN-13 : 0521769256
Rating : 4/5 (256 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Geomorphological Hazards and Disaster Prevention by : Irasema Alcántara

Download or read book Geomorphological Hazards and Disaster Prevention written by Irasema Alcántara and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-04 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A state-of-the-art assessment of how geomorphology contributes to the comprehension, mapping and modelling of hazardous Earth surface processes.


Geomorphological Hazards and Disaster Prevention Related Books

Geomorphological Hazards and Disaster Prevention
Language: en
Pages: 305
Authors: Irasema Alcántara
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-03-04 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

GET EBOOK

A state-of-the-art assessment of how geomorphology contributes to the comprehension, mapping and modelling of hazardous Earth surface processes.
Geomorphological Hazards and Disaster Prevention
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Irasema Alcántara-Ayala
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-07-10 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

GET EBOOK

Human activities have had a huge impact on the environment and landscape, through industrialisation and land-use change, leading to climate change, deforestatio
Geomorphic Hazards
Language: en
Pages: 222
Authors: Olav Slaymaker
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996-06-12 - Publisher: Chichester ; Toronto : Wiley

GET EBOOK

This book examines geomorphic hazards, land form changes that adversely affect the geomorphic stability of a site or produces adverse socioeconomic impacts. The
Landslides
Language: en
Pages: 385
Authors: Kyoji Sassa
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-01-16 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

GET EBOOK

Based on contributions to the first General Assembly of the International Consortium on Landslides, this reference and status report emphasizes the mechanisms o
Geological Hazards
Language: en
Pages: 664
Authors: Fred G. Bell
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-02-27 - Publisher: CRC Press

GET EBOOK

Natural hazards cost the global economy over $50,000 million per year. Two thirds of this is spent on damage repair, the remainder represents the cost of predic