Environmental disasters : anthropogenic and natural
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Environmental disasters : anthropogenic and natural
（Springer-Praxis books in environmental sciences）
Springer in association with Praxis Pub., c2002
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
As the impacts of environmental disasters on populations and their economic activity increase, the assessment of risk from such catastrophic events becomes more urgent not only for humankind, but also for other living organisms. This book details the problems caused by such environmental disasters and discusses possible mitigation methods, including risk mapping using satellite monitoring data.
Table of Contents
- Natural and anthropogenic environmental disasters: The problem of risk
- Natural and anthropogenic disasters in the history of civilization
- Natural disasters and their consequences
- Some anthropogenic disasters and their consequences
- Global and regional "slow" disasters
- Satellite monitoring of natural and anthropogenic disasters.
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