Human geoscience
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Human geoscience
（Advances in geological science / series editors, Junzo Kasahara, Michael Zhdanov and Tuncay Taymaz）
Springer, c2020
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Description
This book is a product of the joint efforts of interdisciplinary academic fields under the integrative framework of human geoscience. Human geoscience is a new genre of geoscience concerned with the natural phenomena that occur on the surface of the Earth and their relations with human activities. It therefore has connections with many fields of geoscience, namely, physical geography, geomorphology, geology, soil science, sedimentology, seismology, volcanology, meteorology, climatology, oceanography, and hydrology. It also has strong links to the humanities, social sciences, agricultural sciences, and engineering related to disaster prevention or mitigation. All these disciplines are important fields for understanding disasters and global environmental problems and for evaluating the associated risks comprehensively, then proposing mitigation strategies.The volume is designed for those who may not necessarily have a geoscience background but have broad scientific interest in understanding the causes, mechanisms, and consequences of geo-disasters and global environmental problems and wish to make the world more sustainable on that basis. The book consists of six parts: I. Introduction, II. Earth Surface Realms, III. Natural Resources and Society, IV. Natural Hazards and Society, V. Global Environmental Problems, and VI. Global Sustainability Programmes and Human Geoscience, which discusses the contribution of this field of science to a new comprehensive framework for global sustainability.
Table of Contents
Part I Introduction
1 Emergence of Human GeoscienceYukio Himiyama
Part II Earth Surface Realms
2 Atmosphere - the Gaseous Realm which supports Human LifeAkio Kitoh
3 Lithosphere - the Solid Realm which supports Human LifeTakashi Oguchi
4 Hydrosphere - the Water Realm which supports Human Life Taikan Oki
5 Human Sphere - the Earth Surface Realm created by HumanYukio Himiyama
Part III Natural Resources and Society
6 World Land Resources at StakeYukio Himiyama
7 World Soil Resources at StakeTsuyoshi Miyazaki and Chihiro Kato
8 World Water Resources at StakeTaikan Oki
Part IV Natural Hazards and Society
9 Active Fault and earthquake disastersYasuhiro Suzuki
10 Earthquake Disasters and Government CommitteesKenji Satake
11 Tsunami Science and Disaster PreventionKenji Satake
12 Volcanic Eruption and Human GeoscienceSetsuya Nakada
13 The 2014 Eruption of Mt. Ontake Volcano and its DisasterKoshun Yamaoka
14 Mud Volcanoes and Human GeoscienceKazuhiro Tanaka, Keiji Asano, Tomokazu Ishihara, Masatoshi Watanabe, Dai Komatsubara, Natsuko Kasirajima, Shingo Tokuyasu, Toshikazu Shinya and Koichi Suzuki
15 Land Use Change and Flood Risk Transformation in Urban AreaShigeko Haruyama
16 Landslides and Human GeoscienceMasahiro Chigira
17 Nuclear Disaster and Human GeoscienceAkihiko Kondoh and Akira Hama
Part V Global Environmental Problems
18 Population Dynamics and the EnvironmentYoshiki Wakabayashi
19 Urbanization: Concept, Mechanism and Global ImplicationsYuji Murayama and Ronald C. Estoque
20 Climate Change We Human are Responsible forAkio Kitoh
21 Anthropogenic Lead Pollution in the OceanToshitaka Gamo
Part VI Global Sustainability Programmes and Human Geoscience
22 Education for a Sustainable SocietyYoshiyasu Ida
23 Geo-information Sharing for Sustainable Development of Human Society Eikichi Tsukuda, Shinji Takarada, Koki Iwao and Joel Bandibas
24 Global Sustainability Programmes and Human GeoscienceYukio Himiyama
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