Book Description
The first comprehensive assessment of global volcanic hazards and risk, with detailed regional profiles, for the disaster risk reduction community. Also available as Open Access.
Author : Susan C. Loughlin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 36,65 MB
Release : 2015-07-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 1107111757
The first comprehensive assessment of global volcanic hazards and risk, with detailed regional profiles, for the disaster risk reduction community. Also available as Open Access.
Author : George G. Mader
Publisher :
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 12,29 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Disaster relief
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Author : Daniel Dzurisin
Publisher :
Page : 2 pages
File Size : 26,3 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Volcanic hazard analysis
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Page : pages
File Size : 14,83 MB
Release : 1998*
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Author : Grant Heiken
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 41,86 MB
Release : 2013-10-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 1107435153
What are the real risks posed by a volcanic eruption near a city – what is fact and what is myth? How have volcanic eruptions affected cities in the past, and how can we learn from these events? Why do communities continue to develop in such locations, despite the obvious threat? In this fascinating book, Grant Heiken explores global examples of cities at risk from volcanoes, from Italy, the US, Mexico, Ecuador, The Philippines, Japan and New Zealand, providing historical and contemporary eruption case studies to illustrate volcanic hazards, and cities' efforts to respond to them, both good and poor. He shows that truly successful volcanic hazard mitigation cannot be accomplished without collaboration between experts in geology and natural hazards, public health, medicine, city and infrastructure planning, and civil protection. This is a topical and engaging read for anyone interested in the history and future activity of these dangerous neighbors.
Author : Elizabeth Rusch
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 13,60 MB
Release : 2013-06-18
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0544210727
“At 11:35 p.m., as Radio Armero played cheerful music, a towering wave of mud and rocks bulldozed through the village, roaring like a squadron of fighter jets.” Twenty-three thousand people died in the 1985 eruption of Colombia’s Nevado del Ruiz. Today, more than one billion people worldwide live in volcanic danger zones. In this riveting nonfiction book—filled with spectacular photographs and sidebars—Rusch reveals the perilous, adrenaline-fueled, life-saving work of an international volcano crisis team (VDAP) and the sleeping giants they study, from Colombia to the Philippines, from Chile to Indonesia.
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 36,3 MB
Release : 2017-07-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309454158
Volcanic eruptions are common, with more than 50 volcanic eruptions in the United States alone in the past 31 years. These eruptions can have devastating economic and social consequences, even at great distances from the volcano. Fortunately many eruptions are preceded by unrest that can be detected using ground, airborne, and spaceborne instruments. Data from these instruments, combined with basic understanding of how volcanoes work, form the basis for forecasting eruptionsâ€"where, when, how big, how long, and the consequences. Accurate forecasts of the likelihood and magnitude of an eruption in a specified timeframe are rooted in a scientific understanding of the processes that govern the storage, ascent, and eruption of magma. Yet our understanding of volcanic systems is incomplete and biased by the limited number of volcanoes and eruption styles observed with advanced instrumentation. Volcanic Eruptions and Their Repose, Unrest, Precursors, and Timing identifies key science questions, research and observation priorities, and approaches for building a volcano science community capable of tackling them. This report presents goals for making major advances in volcano science.
Author : John Grattan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 19,73 MB
Release : 2016-06-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1315425165
Contributors to this volume—from anthropology, archaeology, environmental studies, geology, and biology—show that human societies have been incredibly resilient and adaptive from the impacts of volcanic eruptions over human history and prehistory.
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Page : 2 pages
File Size : 16,80 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Geophysical prediction
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Author : Timothy H. Druitt
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 47,70 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781862390980