Geomorphology and Natural Hazards
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Geomorphology and Natural Hazards

Understanding Landscape Change for Disaster Mitigation

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eBook - ePub

Geomorphology and Natural Hazards

Understanding Landscape Change for Disaster Mitigation

About this book

Natural disasters are occasional intense events that disturb Earth's surface, but their impact can be felt long after. Hazard events such as earthquakes, volcanos, drought, and storms can trigger a catastrophic reshaping of the landscape through the erosion, transport, and deposition of different kinds of materials.

Geomorphology and Natural Hazards: Understanding Landscape Change for Disaster Mitigation is a graduate level textbook that explores the natural hazards resulting from landscape change and shows how an Earth science perspective can inform hazard mitigation and disaster impact reduction.

Volume highlights include:

  • Definitions of hazards, risks, and disasters
  • Impact of different natural hazards on Earth surface processes
  • Geomorphologic insights for hazard assessment and risk mitigation
  • Models for predicting natural hazards
  • How human activities have altered 'natural' hazards
  • Complementarity of geomorphology and engineering to manage threats

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Yes, you can access Geomorphology and Natural Hazards by Timothy R. Davies,Oliver Korup,John J. Clague in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Physical Sciences & Geology & Earth Sciences. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Preface
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. 1 Natural Disasters and Sustainable Development in Dynamic Landscapes
  8. 2 Defining Natural Hazards, Risks, and Disasters
  9. 3 Natural Hazards and Disasters Through the Geomorphic Lens
  10. 4 Geomorphology Informs Natural Hazard Assessment
  11. 5 Tools for Predicting Natural Hazards
  12. 6 Earthquake Hazards
  13. 7 Volcanic Hazards
  14. 8 Landslides and Slope Instability
  15. 9 Tsunami Hazards
  16. 10 Storm Hazards
  17. 11 Flood Hazards
  18. 12 Drought Hazards
  19. 13 Wildfire Hazards
  20. 14 Snow and Ice Hazards
  21. 15 Sea-Level Change and Coastal Hazards
  22. 16 How Natural are Natural Hazards?
  23. 17 Feedbacks with the Biosphere
  24. 18 The Scope of Geomorphology in Dealing with Natural Risks and Disasters
  25. 19 Geomorphology as a Tool for Predicting and Reducing Impacts from Natural Disasters
  26. Glossary
  27. Index
  28. End User License Agreement