Geohazards : natural and man-made
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Geohazards : natural and man-made
（AGID report series, 15）
Chapman & Hall, 1992
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ISBN 9780412439209
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Written by geoscientists with experience of the practical problems of disasters in developing countries, this book guides the reader through the practical problems of the assessment of geohazards, their prediction and the mitigation of their effects. Not only are the obvious disasters such as earthquakes, lahars (volcanic mudflows) and gas outbursts discussed, but also quiet hazards' such as soil degradation, rising ground-water and the reduction of biodiversity. The papers arose from a meeting on geohazards in London in 1989 hosted by the Association of Geoscientists for International Development (AGID). The contributors come from a wide range of countries and have considerable experience in the field. This book should prove a timely contribution to the UN Decade of Natural Disaster Reduction, which began in 1990, and should be useful to earth scientists, land use planners and environmentalists both in developed and developing countries. This book should be of interest to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate geology students taking a hazards course, and geologists, environmental scientists and development specialists.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Volcanic hazards: volcano risk mitigation through training, J.L. Anderson and R.W. Decker
- Volunteer Observers Program - a tool for monitoring volcanic and seismic events in the Philippines, Peria J. Delos Reyes
- volcanic hazards in Colombia and Indonesia - lahars and related phenomena, H. Th. Verstappen
- the 1985 Nevado del Ruiz eruption - scientific, social and governmental response and interaction before the event, M.L. Hall
- lahars of Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuador - hazard and risk evaluation, Patricia A. Mothes
- seismic monitoring of Lake Nyos, Cameroon, following the gas release disaster of August 1985, Alice B. Walker et al. Part 2 Earthquake hazards: long-term seismic hazards in the eastern Mediterranean region, N.M. Ambraseys
- the ROA Eartquake Hazard Atlas project - recent work from the Middle East, M.R. Degg
- some implications of the 1985 Mexican earthquake for hazard assessment, M.R. Degg. Part 3 Landslide hazards: landslide hazard assessment in the context of development, D.K.C. Jones
- the identification and mitigation of glacier-related hazards - examples from the Cordillera Blanca, Peru, J.M. Reynolds. Part 4 The "quiet" hazards: sea-level changes in China, past and future - their impact and countermeasures, Wang Sijing and Zhao Xitao
- rising groundwater - a problem of development in some urban areas of the Middle East, D.J. George
- factors affecting losses of soil and agricultural land in tropical countries, S. Nortcliff and P.J. Gregory
- reduction of biodiversity - the ultimate disaster?, W.S. Fyfe.
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: pbk ISBN 9780412439308
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Dorrik A. V. Stow Editor in Chief, Association of Geoscientists for International Development ( AGID) AGID is particularly pleased to see published this latest hurricanes, floods-that are wreaking havoc, destroying report in its Geosciences in International Development livelihood and lives in some corner of the globe. Series, as a significant contribution to the onset of the UN As geoscientists there are perhaps three concerns that Decade of National Disaster Reduction, and as a mark of should be uppermost in our minds as we join an inter AGID's growing concern over the potential and actual national effort to combat the adverse effects of natural effects of geohazards throughout the developing world. hazards. The first must be to improve our scientific The problem of geohazards is increasing, not because understanding of the nature and causes of such hazards and to work towards more reliable prediction of their the rate of earth processes is accelerating, nor because the occurrence and magnitude.
Table of Contents
1. Natural and man-made hazards: their increasing importance in the end-20th century world.- One Volcanic Hazards.- 2. Volcano risk mitigation through training.- 3. Volunteer Observers Program: a tool for monitoring volcanic and seismic events in the Philippines.- 4. Monitoring and warning of volcanic eruptions by remote sensing.- 5. Volcanic hazards in Colombia and Indonesia: lahars and related phenomena.- 6. The 1985 Nevado del Ruiz eruption: scientific, social and governmental response and interaction before the event.- 7. Lahars of Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuador: hazard and risk evaluation.- 8. Seismic monitoring of Lake Nyos, Cameroon, following the gas release disaster of August, 1986.- Two Earthquake Hazards.- 9. Long-term seismic hazard in the Eastern Mediterranean region.- 10. The ROA Earthquake Hazard Atlas project: recent work from the Middle East.- 11. Some implications of the 1985 Mexican earthquake for hazard assessment.- Three Landslide Hazards.- 12. Lanslide hazard assessment in the context of development.- 13. The identification and mitigation of glacier-related hazards: examples from the Cordillera Bianca, Peru.- Four The 'Quiet' Hazards.- 14. Sea-level changes in China - past and future: their impact and countermeasures.- 15. Rising groundwater: a problem of development in some urban areas of the Middle East.- 16. Factors affecting losses of soil and agricultural land in tropical countries.- 17. Reduction of biodiversity - the ultimate disaster?.- Five What Can Be Done?.- 18. Policy in response to geohazards: lessons from the developed world?.- 19. Some perspectives on geological hazards.- 20. The International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction and the Geohazards Unit at Polytechnic South West, Plymouth, UK.- Place name index.
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