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  • Identification and Mitigation of Large Landslide Risks in Europe

    Advances in Risk Assessment

    by C. Bonnard, F. Forlati, C. Scavia ...
    Large landslides affect many mountain valleys in Europe. They are characterised by a low probability of evolution into a catastrophic event but can have very large impacts on population, infrastructures and the environment. This impact is becoming more and more pronounced due to increasing tourism and the construction of new roads and railways in m ... Read more

    $305.00 USD

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    How It Explains the World

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    From the New York Times bestselling author of How the World Really Works, a wide-ranging look at the most fundamental governing principle of our world: size, whose laws, limits, and peculiarities offer the key to understanding health, wealth, and even happiness“No one writes about the great issues of our time with more rigor or erudition than Vaclav Smil.” — Elizabeth KolbertTo answer the most ... Read more

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  • Geotechnical Engineering for the Preservation of Monuments and Historic Sites III

    Edited by Renato Lancellotta, Carlo Viggiani, Alessandro Flora, Filomena de Silva, Lucia Mele ...
    The conservation of monuments and historic sites is one of the most challenging problems facing modern civilization. It involves, in inextricable patterns, factors belonging to different fields (cultural, humanistic, social, technical, economical, administrative) and the requirements of safety and use appear to be (or often are) in conflict with the respect of the integrity of the monuments. The ... Read more

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  • Geographical Information and Climatology

    Edited by Pierre Carrega ...
    This book includes two parts. The first part is more theoretical and general, and it covers fundamental principles : geospatial climate data measurement ; spatial analysis, mapping and climate ; geographical information, remote sensing and climatology ; and geographical information for initialisation of forecasting and climate models.The second part describes geographical information used in ... Read more

    $142.00 USD

  • Earthquake Hazard Impact and Urban Planning

    Edited by Maria Bostenaru Dan, Iuliana Armas, Agostino Goretti ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The classical field dealing with earthquakes is called “earthquake engineering” and considered to be a branch of structural engineering. In projects dealing with strategies for earthquake risk mitigation, urban planning approaches are often neglected. Today interventions are needed on a city, rather than a building, scale. This work deals with the impact of earthquakes, including also a broader ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Proceedings of the International Conference of Geography and Disaster Management (ICGDM 2022)

    Edited by Hamim Zaky Hadibasyir, Vidya Nadhiyatul Fikriyah ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This is an open access book.The International Conference of Geography and Disaster Management (ICGDM2022) invites prospective authors, academics and industries to submit papers related to human geography, human-nature interactions, social aspect of disaster management, remote sensing and GIS applications for society. The conference will be held virtually. This conference is part of a conference ... Read more

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  • Progress in Landslide Research and Technology, Volume 3 Issue 2, 2024

    Edited by Biljana Abolmasov, Irasema Alcántara-Ayala, Željko Arbanas, David Huntley, Kazuo Konagai, Matjaž Mikoš, Kyoji Sassa, Shinji Sassa, Binod Tiwari ...
    Series Book 2 - Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This open access book provides an overview of the progress in landslide research and technology and is part of a book series of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL). The book provides a common platform for the publication of recent progress in landslide research and technology for practical applications and the benefit for the society contributing to the Kyoto Landslide Commitment 2020 ... Read more

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  • Spatial Interpolation for Climate Data

    The Use of GIS in Climatology and Meteorology

    Edited by Hartwig Dobesch, Pierre Dumolard, Izabela Dyras ...
    This title gives an authoritative look at the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in climatology and meterology. GIS provides a range of strategies, from traditional methods, such as those for hydromet database analysis and management, to new developing methods. As such, this book will provide a useful reference tool in this important aspect of climatology and meterology study. ... Read more

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  • Volcanic Unrest

    From Science to Society

    Edited by Joachim Gottsmann, Jürgen Neuberg, Bettina Scheu ...
    Series series Advances in Volcanology
    This open access book summarizes the findings of the VUELCO project, a multi-disciplinary and cross-boundary research funded by the European Commission's 7th framework program. It comprises four broad topics:The global significance of volcanic unrestGeophysical and geochemical fingerprints of unrest and precursory activityMagma dynamics leading to unrest phenomenaBridging the gap between science ... Read more

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  • The Future of the Earth is written on the Moon

    by Roberto Madrigali ...
    The climatic history of Earth is constituted by alternation of warm and cold periods. “The lord of the winds and currents", the Jet Stream of free atmosphere plays a decisive role in climate change. Two other essential elements of climate history are: the Arctic and Antarctic poles and vortexes that play an important role in cold air masses penetration to the South, to balance the heat difference ... Read more

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  • Natural Hazard Uncertainty Assessment

    Modeling and Decision Support

    Edited by Karin Riley, Peter Webley, Matthew Thompson ...
    Series Book 223 - Geophysical Monograph Series
    Uncertainties are pervasive in natural hazards, and it is crucial to develop robust and meaningful approaches to characterize and communicate uncertainties to inform modeling efforts. In this monograph we provide a broad, cross-disciplinary overview of issues relating to uncertainties faced in natural hazard and risk assessment. We introduce some basic tenets of uncertainty analysis, discuss ... Read more

    $138.00 USD

  • Hydrology of Disasters

    Proceedings of the World Meteorological Organization Technical Conference Held in Geneva, November 1988

    by Dr O Starosolszky, O M Melder ...
    This timely book reviews the hydrological aspects of different types of disaster and considers measures required to protect people and property against such events as well as disaster prediction, forecasting and monitoring. Its publications coincide with the start of the United Nations Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction.It comprises twenty-seven papers by experts from a wide range of countries ... Read more

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