Bibliographic Index of Appalachian Basin Theses and Dissertations Through 1975
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Page : 310 pages
File Size : 38,30 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Appalachian Region
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Page : 310 pages
File Size : 38,30 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Appalachian Region
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Author : Christopher S. Alger
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Page : 130 pages
File Size : 49,95 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Landslides
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Page : 1328 pages
File Size : 42,45 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Geology
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Author : John M. Dennison
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Page : 268 pages
File Size : 42,62 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Geology
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Author : Thomas Glade
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 49,94 MB
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9401734909
Natural hazards such as earthquakes, landslides, floods, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, and hurricanes cause environmental, economic as well as sociological problems worldwide. In recent years, greater availability of information and sensational media reports of natural hazard occurrence -and in particular in terms of property damage or loss oflife caused by these hazards -resulted in an increase of hazard awareness at a societal level. This increase in public awareness has often been misconstrued as an indication that natural hazards have been occurring more frequently with higher magnitudes in recent years/decades, thus causing more damage than in the past. It is still under debate, however, to which extent recent increases in damage can be related to changing frequencies of natural processes, or whether catastrophic events occur at similar rates as they always had. If the latter is the case, the reason for a greater damage can be related to dramatic population growth over the last century, with a substantial augmentation of population density in some regions. Indeed, the implications are more server in underdeveloped and developing countries, where urbanisation has increasingly occurred in hazard prone areas such as coastal zones, alluvial river plains and steep slopes, thus causing an increase in the exposure to natural hazards. Some groups of society in wealthy countries accept higher risks in order to live directly on top of a cliff or on a steep slope to enjoy panoramic views of the landscape.
Author : John M. Dennison
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Page : 276 pages
File Size : 22,46 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Geology, Structural
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Author : John M. Dennison
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Page : 136 pages
File Size : 25,89 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Geology
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Page : 668 pages
File Size : 14,1 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Appalachian Mountains
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Page : 642 pages
File Size : 50,84 MB
Release : 1978-10
Category : Petroleum
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Page : 1032 pages
File Size : 12,5 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Union catalogs
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