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01740cam a2200181 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780521769259 (pbk.) : |
| Terms of availability |
54.00 GBP |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
ALCANTARA-AYALA Irasema (editor.) |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Geomorphological hazards and disaster prevention / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Irasema Alcantara-Ayala |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
[Place not identified] : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Cambridge Univ Pr, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2010 |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
1st ed. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xi, 291 pages : illustration , maps ; 25 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Online version of the print title. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Human activities have had a huge impact on the environment and landscape, through industrialization and land-use change, leading to climate change, deforestation, desertification, land degradation, air and water pollution. These impacts are strongly linked to the occurrence of geomorphological hazards, such as floods, landslides, snow avalanches, soil erosion, and others. Geomorphological work includes not only the understanding but the mapping and modelling of Earth's surface processes, many of which directly affect human societies. In addition, geomorphologists are becoming increasingly involved with the dimensions of societal problem solving, through vulnerability analysis, hazard and risk assessment and management. The work of geomorphologists is therefore of prime importance for disaster prevention. An international team of geomorphologists have contributed their expertise to this volume, making this a scientifically rigorous work for a wide audience of geomorphologists and other Earth scientists, including those involved in environmental science, hazard and risk assessment, management and policy. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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NATURAL DISASTERS |
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GEOMOR |
| 945 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC) |
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