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  • Environmental Hazards

    Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster

    de Keith Smith, Carina J. Fearnley, Deborah Dixon, Deanne K. Bird, Ilan Kelman ...
    The seventh edition of Environmental Hazards provides a much expanded and fully up-to-date overview of all the extreme environmental events that threaten people and what they value in the 21st century globally. It integrates cutting-edge materials to provide an interdisciplinary approach to environmental hazards and their management, illustrating how natural and human systems interact to place ... Leer más

    $61.99 USD

  • Observing the Volcano World

    Volcano Crisis Communication

    Edición de Carina J. Fearnley, Deanne K. Bird, Katharine Haynes, William J. McGuire, Gill Jolly ...
    Series series Advances in Volcanology
    This open access book provides a comprehensive overview of volcanic crisis research, the goal being to establish ways of successfully applying volcanology in practice and to identify areas that need to be addressed for future progress. It shows how volcano crises are managed in practice, and helps to establish best practices. Consequently the book brings together authors from all over the globe ... Leer más

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  • Natural Disasters and Risk Management in Canada

    An Introduction

    de Nirupama Agrawal ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    These chapters provide valuable and comprehensive information on a variety of hazards, including both scientific and social aspects of disasters. The work introduces the concept of large, medium and small scale hazards, and includes many useful case studies as well as working examples of theoretical concepts.As readers will acknowledge, today the distinction between natural and technological ... Leer más

    $80.09 USD

  • World Fisheries

    A Social-Ecological Analysis

    de Rosemary Ommer, Ian Perry, Kevern L. Cochrane, Philippe Cury ...
    This exciting new book grew out of an international symposium held at FAO, Rome in July 2008, but it is not just a collection of papers from that symposium. Rather, the publication brings together work on social-ecological marine research that cuts across disciplines, identifies key common elements and approaches that promote resilience of marine social-ecological systems in the face of global ... Leer más

    $207.00 USD

  • Mismanagement of Marine Fisheries

    de Alan Longhurst ...
    Longhurst examines the proposition, central to fisheries science, that a fishery creates its own natural resource by the compensatory growth it induces in the fish, and that this is sustainable. His novel analysis of the reproductive ecology of bony fish of cooler seas offers some support for this, but a review of fisheries past and present confirms that sustainability is rarely achieved. The ... Leer más

    $63.99 USD

  • Extreme Natural Hazards, Disaster Risks and Societal Implications

    Edición de Alik Ismail-Zadeh, Jaime Urrutia Fucugauchi, Andrzej Kijko, Kuniyoshi Takeuchi, Ilya Zaliapin ...
    Series Libro 1 - Special Publications of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
    This book presents a unique, interdisciplinary approach to disaster risk research, combining cutting-edge natural science and social science methodologies. Bringing together leading scientists, policy makers and practitioners from around the world, it presents the risks of global hazards such as volcanoes, seismic events, landslides, hurricanes, precipitation floods and space weather, and provides ... Leer más

    $107.99 USD

  • Lukewarming

    The New Climate Science that Changes Everything

    de Patrick J. Michaels, Paul C. Knappenberger ...
    In Lukewarming, two environmental scientists explain the science and spin behind the headlines and come to a provocative conclusion: climate change is real, and partially man-made, but it is becoming obvious that far more warming has been forecast than will occur, with some of the catastrophic impacts implausible or impossible. Global warming is more lukewarm than hot. This fresh analysis is an ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Natural Hazards in Australasia

    Edición de James Goff, C. R. de Freitas ...
    Many ideas and concepts about natural hazards have been developed in Australasia, but these are often overlooked in books written from a Northern Hemisphere perspective. Natural Hazards in Australasia is the first textbook that considers Australasian natural hazards, their triggering mechanisms and the physical and social environments in which they occur. James Goff and Chris de Freitas lead an ... Leer más

    $107.99 USD

  • Whales and Dolphins

    Cognition, Culture, Conservation and Human Perceptions

    Edición de Philippa Brakes, Mark Peter Simmonds ...
    Series series Earthscan Oceans
    Whales and dolphins are icons for the conservation movement. They are the most conspicuous ambassadors for entire marine ecosystems and possibly even for the biosphere as a whole. Concurrent with our realisation of impending threats to their environment is a growing scientific understanding of the social and cognitive complexity of many of these species.This book brings together experts in the ... Leer más

    $65.99 USD

  • Public Archaeology and Climate Change

    Edición de Tom Dawson, Courtney Nimura, Elías López-Romero, Marie-Yvane Daire ...
    Public Archaeology and Climate Change promotes new approaches to studying and managing sites threatened by climate change, specifically actions that engage communities or employ ‘citizen science’ initiatives. Researchers and heritage managers around the world are witnessing severe challenges and developing innovative mechanisms for dealing with them. Increasingly archaeologists are embracing ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Disaster Management: Global Challenges and Local Solutions

    de Rajib Shaw ...
    We are becoming increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters. Disaster Management is therefore an important topic for all—from high school students to researchers. Disaster data in recent years show increasing trends in physical, social and economic impacts. While a global perspective of disaster management is necessary, it is also important to emphasize local solutions. This book targets some of ... Leer más

    $33.00 USD

  • Sharks: Conservation, Governance and Management

    Edición de Erika J. Techera, Natalie Klein ...
    Series series Earthscan Oceans
    The key aim of this book is to explore the global conservation and management of sharks. There has been a rapid decline in populations of many shark species, while new science has emerged of the critical role they play in marine ecosystems. However, the authors show that conservation law and policy have been slow to develop, with only a small number of iconic species being protected worldwide. The ... Leer más

    $70.99 USD