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Télécharger le livre : Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences
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Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences
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Submarine mass movements represent major offshore geohazards due to their destructive and tsunami-generation potential.  This potential poses a threat to human life as well as to coastal, nearshore and offshore engineering structures. Recent examples of catastrophic...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2011-10-13
Collection : Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research
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211,99 €
Télécharger le livre : Human Casualties in Earthquakes
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Human Casualties in Earthquakes
Charles Scawthorn , Emily So , Robin Spence
Assessment of human casualties in earthquakes has become a topic of vital importance for national and urban authorities responsible for emergency provision, for the development of mitigation strategies and for the development of adequate insurance schemes. In the last...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2011-01-03
Collection : Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research
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95,39 €
Télécharger le livre : Heavy-Tailed Distributions in Disaster Analysis
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Heavy-Tailed Distributions in Disaster Analysis
V. Pisarenko , M. Rodkin
Mathematically, natural disasters of all types are characterized by heavy tailed distributions. The analysis of such distributions with common methods, such as averages and dispersions, can therefore lead to erroneous conclusions. The statistical methods described in...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2010-07-20
Collection : Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research
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Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences
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Recent global events such as the devastating 1998 Papua New Guinea tsunami, the 2004 Sumatran tsunami and the 2006 SE Asia undersea network cable failure underscore the societal and economic effects of submarine mass movements. These events call upon the scientific...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2009-10-27
Collection : Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research
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Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences
Jacques Locat , Vasilios Lykousis , Dimitris Sakellariou
Submarine mass movements and their consequences are of major concern for coastal communities and infrastructures but also for the exploitation and the development of seafloor resources. A tragic example of the vulnerability of coastal communities has been provided by...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2007-09-14
Collection : Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research
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Télécharger le livre : Flood Risk Management in Europe
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Flood Risk Management in Europe
Selina Begum , Jim W. Hall , Marcel J.F. Stive
In recent years major floods have occurred across Europe causing serious damages and huge financial implications. Flood risk and vulnerability is increasing with increased frequency of occurrence of extreme events due to climate change, changes in land-use, encroachment...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2007-06-17
Collection : Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research
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Télécharger le livre : Tsunamis
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Tsunamis
Kenji Satake
This book contains 20 papers reflecting the state-of-the-art tsunami research. Most of them were presented at the two international meetings held in 2003: the 21st International Tsunami Symposium, held on July 9 and 10th as a part of IUGG general assembly in Sapporo,...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2005-10-17
Collection : Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research
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Télécharger le livre : From Disaster Response to Risk Management
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From Disaster Response to Risk Management
Linda C. Botterill , Donald A. Wilhite
In 1992 Australia’s Commonwealth and State governments announced the introduction of a National Drought Policy adopting an innovative risk management approach, which received broad support from Australia’s major political parties and the policy community. This...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2005-06-15
Collection : Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research
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