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Social Perspectives on Disasters in Southeast Asia
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008; US$ 199.00The papers in this e-book were prepared for a panel of the 5th EuroSEAS conference held in Naples, Italy, between 12 and 15 September 2007. These include contributions from the academe as well as from the practitioner realm, notably NGOs, from Europe and Southeast Asia. The papers encompass case studies from rural and urban settings in Southeast Asia... more...
The Truth About Environmental Hazards
Infobase Publishing 2010; US$ 42.00The World Health Organization defines environmental health as "those aspects of human health, including quality of life, that are determined by physical, chemical, biological, social, and psychosocial factors in the environment." Anything that affects the environmental health of humans, plants, and animals in a negative way is an environmental... more...
MOUNTAIN GEOMORPHOLOGY
Taylor & Francis Ltd 2004; US$ 55.00Written by a team of international experts, this book is divided into three sections, which consider historical, functional, and applied mountain geomorphology from both global and local perspectives. The historical perspective focuses on the formation of landforms, the functional emphasizes the interaction between processes and landforms, and the... more...
Earth and Atmospheric Disasters Management Natural and Man-made
BS Publications 2009; US$ 50.00The book has been designed to serve as a text/reference book on disaster management for undergraduate and postgraduate students who opt it as a special subject, the Scientific community and professionals. more...
Textbook of Physical Geography
ABD Publishers 2008; US$ 95.00Understanding the processes and patterns in Natural Environment is the domain of Physical geography. Being a subject encompassing numerous aspects of natural environment, the subject has been divided into many subfields, each dealing with a particular aspect. The present book examines what way Animals and Men are distributed over the world along with... more...
Katastrophen
Primus Verlag 2011; US$ 21.73Hauptbeschreibung Erhard Oeser veranschaulicht anhand vieler Beispiele, dass die Evolution als eine Abfolge von Katastrophen begreifbar ist. So ermöglichte beispielsweise erst das Aussterben der Saurier durch eine kosmische Katastrophe die Ausbreitung der Säugetiere. Das Entsetzen, das uns beim Anblick von Massentod und Zerstörung ergreift, muss... more...
Geohazard-associated Geounits
Springer 2009; US$ 399.99Originally conceived as a technical manual, but now offering the reader so much more, this timely work deals with various aspects of geohazards - surely an area of growing importance in this world of global warming. Using photogeology and remote sensing, Quebecois researcher Rivard's work is unique in that the succinct text supports the illustrations,... more...
The Illustrated History of Natural Disasters
Springer 2010; US$ 69.99The book is a richly illustrated, pictorial album. The content and arrangement of the book is based on a collection of original rare engravings belonging to the private collection of Jan Koz k. The individual full-page reproductions give historical views on natural disasters such as: earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, avalanches, landslides... more...









