Volcanic Hazards, Risks and Disasters

532 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Volcanic Hazards, Risks, and Disasters provides you with the latest scientific developments in volcano and volcanic research, including causality, impacts, preparedness, risk analysis, planning, response, recovery, and the economics of loss and remediation. It takes a geoscientific approach to the topic while integrating the social and economic issues related to volcanoes and volcanic hazards and disasters. Throughout the book case studies are presented of historically relevant volcanic and seismic hazards and disasters as well as recent catastrophes, such as Chile's Puyehue volcano eruption in June 2011.

• Themen: Technologie, Ingenieurswissenschaft, Landwirtschaft, Industrieprozesse Umweltwissenschaften, Umwelttechnik
• ISBN: 9780123964533
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 14.11.2014
• Größe: 238 x 158 mm
• Verlag: Elsevier Science
• Herausgegeben von: Paolo Papale