Geophysical Hazards (eBook)

Minimizing Risk, Maximizing Awareness

Tom Beer (Herausgeber)

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2010 | 2010
XX, 262 Seiten
Springer Netherland (Verlag)
978-90-481-3236-2 (ISBN)

Infos

The International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) was established as a means of raising worldwide public and political awareness of the vast, though frequently under-used, potential the Earth Sciences possess for improving the quality of life of the peoples of the world and safeguarding Earth's rich and diverse environments. The International Year project was jointly initiated in 2000 by the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) and the Earth Science Division of the United Nations Educational, Scienti?c and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). IUGS, which is a Non-Governmental Organisation, and UNESCO, an Inter-Governmental Orga- sation, already shared a long record of productive cooperation in the natural sciences and their application to societal problems, including the International Geoscience Programme (IGCP) now in its fourth decade. With its main goals of raising public awareness of, and enhancing research in the Earth sciences on a global scale in both the developed and less-developed countries of the world, two operational programmes were demanded. In 2002 and 2003, the Series Editors together with Dr. Ted Nield and Dr. Henk Schalke (all four being core members of the Management Team at that time) drew up outlines of a Science and an Outreach Programme. In 2005, following the UN proclamation of 2008 as the United Nations International Year of Planet Earth, the 'Year' grew into a triennium (2007-2009).

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The International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) was established as a means of raising worldwide public and political awareness of the vast, though frequently under-used, potential the Earth Sciences possess for improving the quality of life of the peoples of the world and safeguarding Earth's rich and diverse environments. The International Year project was jointly initiated in 2000 by the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) and the Earth Science Division of the United Nations Educational, Scienti?c and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). IUGS, which is a Non-Governmental Organisation, and UNESCO, an Inter-Governmental Orga- sation, already shared a long record of productive cooperation in the natural sciences and their application to societal problems, including the International Geoscience Programme (IGCP) now in its fourth decade. With its main goals of raising public awareness of, and enhancing research in the Earth sciences on a global scale in both the developed and less-developed countries of the world, two operational programmes were demanded. In 2002 and 2003, the Series Editors together with Dr. Ted Nield and Dr. Henk Schalke (all four being core members of the Management Team at that time) drew up outlines of a Science and an Outreach Programme. In 2005, following the UN proclamation of 2008 as the United Nations International Year of Planet Earth, the "e;Year"e; grew into a triennium (2007-2009).

Inhalt

Foreword 6
Preface 9
Contents 11
Contributors 13
Reviewers 15
Introduction 17
The IYPE Hazards Theme: Minimising Risk, Maximising Awareness 20
The Hazards Theme of the International Year of Planet Earth 21
Social Science Perspectives on Hazards and Vulnerability Science 35
Focusing on the Environment and Human Security Nexus 49
Communicating Geological Hazards: Educating, Training and Assisting Geoscientists in Communication Skills 58
The Response of the International Scientific Community 73
Introduction of a New International Research Program: Integrated Research on Disaster Risk - The Challenge of Natural and Human- Induced Environmental Hazards 74
Building a University Network for Disaster Risk Reduction in sub- Saharan Africa 85
Co-operation Plan on Hazards & Disasters Risk Reduction in Asia and the Pacific
Geophysical Risk and Sustainability: Climate and Climate Change 115
Closing the Gap Between Science and Practice to Reduce Human Losses in Hydro- Meteorological Disasters 116
The Role of Geosciences in theMitigation of Natural Disasters: Five Case Studies 126
Geophysical Risk and Sustainability: Theory and Practice 159
Seismic Hazard in India - Practical Aspects and Initiatives During IYPE 160
Computational Geodynamics as a Component of Comprehensive Seismic Hazards Analysis 170
Hazards in the Coastal Zones Related to Groundwater- Seawater Interaction Processes 187
GeoHazards and Risks - Observation and Assessment 203
Mega Tsunami of theWorld Oceans: Chevron Dune Formation, Micro- Ejecta, and Rapid Climate Change as the Evidence of Recent Oceanic Bolide Impacts 204
Understanding Slow Deformation Before Dynamic Failure 235
Landslides in Mountain Regions: Hazards, Resources and Information 254
Index 266

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.6.2010
• Reihe/Serie: International Year of Planet Earth
• Reihe/Serie: International Year of Planet Earth
• Zusatzinfo: XX, 262 p. 121 illus., 75 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Dordrecht
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geophysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: climate change • disaster reduction • Emergency planning • Geophysical risks • Hyogo Framework of Action • IYPE • natural disaster • Natural Hazards • Tsunami
• ISBN-10: 90-481-3236-3 / 9048132363
• ISBN-13: 978-90-481-3236-2 / 9789048132362