Reduction And Predictability Of Natural Disasters - Rilegato

Rundle, John; Klein, William; Turcotte, Don

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ISBN 10: 0367320495 ISBN 13: 9780367320492

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2019

Riassunto

Within the past five years, the international community has recognized that it may be possible, through programs of systematic study, to devise means to reduce and mitigate the occurrence of a variety of devastating natural hazards. Among these disasters are earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, and landslides. The importance of these studies is underscored by the fact that within fifty years, more than a third of the world’s population will live in seismically and volcanically active zones. The International Council of Scientific Unions, together with UNESCO and the World Bank, have therefore endorsed the 1990s as the International Decade of Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), and are planning a variety of programs to address problems related to the predictability and mitigation of these disasters, particularly in third-world countries. Parallel programs have begun in a number of U.S. agencies.

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John Rundle, Don Turcotte

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0367320495
• ISBN 13: 9780367320492
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 324
• Contatto del produttore: Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis; gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com; ; Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24; München; 80331; Germania