Volcanic Hazards
eBook - PDF

Volcanic Hazards

A Sourcebook on the Effects of Eruptions

  1. 424 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Volcanic Hazards

A Sourcebook on the Effects of Eruptions

About this book

Volcanic Hazards: A Sourcebook on the Effects of Eruptions provides a comprehensive discussion of volcanic eruptions and their effects. This volume provides background data on volcanic activity with attention directed specifically at those types of activity and those characteristics which are hazardous. It establishes the direct effects of volcanic eruptions on humans in terms of death and injuries, and social aspects such as perception of eruption hazards, evacuation, panic, looting, and religious beliefs. It discusses the indirect consequences of volcanic eruptions for humans by illustrating the effects on buildings, utilities, communication networks and machinery, agriculture, and commercial activity. This book should be of interest to planners, engineers, city administrators, agriculturalists, and emergency services personnel who must deal with the effects of volcanic hazards; to volcanologists and geologists who did not know eruptions affected so many things; to geographers, environmentalists, and natural hazard scientists who are interested in the interrelatedness of phenomena; and to citizens who have experienced, or might yet experience, some of these effects.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Volcanic Hazards: A Sourcebook on the Effects of Eruptions
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Chapter 1. Volcanic activity and volcanic hazards
  9. Chapter 2. Hazards produced by volcanic eruptions
  10. Chapter 3. Effects on humans: Deaths and injuries
  11. Chapter 4. Social aspects of volcanic eruptions
  12. Chapter 5. Volcanic hazards and buildings
  13. Chapter 6. The effects on utilities and machinery
  14. Chapter 7. The effects on agriculture
  15. Chapter 8. The effects on economic activity
  16. Chapter 9. Summary, conclusions, implications
  17. References
  18. Index