Geophysical Hazards: Minimizing Risk, Maximizing Awareness / Edition 1

by Tom Beer

Overview

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, Scientific 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).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789048132355
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	12/17/2009
Series:	International Year of Planet Earth
Edition description:	2010
Pages:	262
Product dimensions:	7.80(w) x 10.40(h) x 0.60(d)

Table of Contents

Part I The IYPE Hazards Theme: Minimising Risk, Maximising Awareness 1

The Hazards Theme of the International Year of Planet Earth Tom Beer 3

Social Science Perspectives on Hazards and Vulnerability Science Susan L. Cutter 17

Focusing on the Environment and Human Security Nexus Juan Carlos Villagrán de León Janos J. Bogardi 31

Communicating Geological Hazards: Educating, Training and Assisting Geoscientists in Communication Skills David Liverman 41

Part II The Response of the International Scientific Community 57

Introduction of a New International Research Program: Integrated Research on Disaster Risk - The Challenge of Natural and Human-Induced Environmental Hazards Gordon A. McBean 59

Building a University Network for Disaster Risk Reduction in sub-Saharan Africa Genene Mulugeta 71

Co-operation Plan on Hazards & Disasters Risk Reduction in Asia and the Pacific Harsh Gupta 83

Part III Geophysical Risk and Sustainability: Climate and Climate Change 103

Closing the Gap Between Science and Practice to Reduce Human Losses in Hydro-Meteorological Disasters Kuniyoshi Takeuchi 105

The Role of Geosciences in the Mitigation of Natural Disasters: Five Case Studies S.A.G. Leroy S. Warny H. Lahijani E.L. Piovano D. Fanetti A.R. Berger 115

Part IV Geophysical Risk and Sustainability: Theory and Practice 149

Seismic Hazard in India - Practical Aspects and Initiatives During IYPE R.K. Chadha 151

Computational Geodynamics as a Component of Comprehensive Seismic Hazards Analysis Alik Ismail-Zadeh 161

Hazards in the Coastal Zones Related to Groundwater-Seawater Interaction Processes Y. A. Kontar Yu.R. Ozorovich A.T. Salokhiddinnov 179

Part V GeoHazards and Risks - Observation and Assessment 195

Mega Tsunami of the World Oceans: Chevron Dune Formation, Micro-Ejecta, and Rapid Climate Change as the Evidence of Recent Oceanic Bolide Impacts Viacheslav Gusiakov Dallas H. Abbott Edward A. Bryant W. Bruce Masse Dee Breger 197

Understanding Slow Deformation Before Dynamic Failure G. Ventura S. Vinciguerra S. Moretti P.H. Meredith M.J. Heap P. Baud S.A. Shapiro C. Dinske J. Kummerow 229

Landslides in Mountain Regions: Hazards, Resources and Information Raisa Gracheva Alexandra Golyeva 249

Index 261

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

“Geophysical Hazards is a timely compendium containing contributions by 36 authors and 19 reviewers covering various major geophysical hazards contemporary societies face. These hazards include tsunamis, earthquakes, landslides, rising and falling sea and lake levels, and climate change. … The publisher’s production standard is excellent as well, and maps, diagrams, and tables are of good quality. … Summing Up: Highly recommended. General readers, graduate students, researchers/faculty, and professionals.” (J. D. Ives, Choice, Vol. 48 (2), October, 2010)

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