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  • Prediction and Perception of Natural Hazards

    Edited by J.M. Nigg, F. Siccardi, J. Nemec ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This collection of articles provides a unique overview of the state of the science in the prediction of and response to natural disaster events. The uniqueness of this volume is that it comprises more than just the physical science perspective.For each natural hazard included in this text, social scientists have provided research summaries of how public perceptions are related to the actions that ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

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    by Nicolas Remy, Jianbing Wu, Alexandre Boucher ...
    The Stanford Geostatistical Modeling Software (SGeMS) is an open-source computer package for solving problems involving spatially related variables. It provides geostatistics practitioners with a user-friendly interface, an interactive 3-D visualization, and a wide selection of algorithms. This practical book provides a step-by-step guide to using SGeMS algorithms. It explains the underlying ... Read more

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  • Fundamentals of Hydrology

    by Tim Davie ...
    Series series Routledge Fundamentals of Physical Geography
    The third edition of Fundamentals of Hydrology provides an absorbing and comprehensive introduction to the understanding of how fresh water moves on and around the planet and how humans affect and manage the freshwater resources available to them.The book consists of three parts, each of fundamental importance in the understanding of hydrology:The first section deals with processes within the ... Read more

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  • Water Is...

    The Meaning of Water

    by Nina Munteanu ...
    In this fascinating meditation on water, internationally published limnologist, Nina Munteanu, draws inspiration from some of the world’s greatest thinkers, artists and scientists, and a lifetime dedicated to water, into a spectacular gift for hydrophilics.Part history, part science and part philosophy and spirituality, "Water Is..." combines personal journey with scientific discovery that ... Read more

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  • The Wonder Book of Volcanoes and Earthquakes

    by Edwin J. Houston ...
    Krakatoa is a little island in the Straits of Sunda, about thirty miles west of the island of Java, and nearly the same distance east of the island of Sumatra. It is uninhabited and very small, measuring about five miles in length and less than three miles in width. Its total area is only thirteen square miles. This little piece of land made itself famous by what took place on it during the month ... Read more

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  • Groundwater Prospecting and Management

    by H. P. Patra, Shyamal Kumar Adhikari, Subrata Kunar ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The book provides an elaborate treatment of groundwater prospecting and management covering remote sensing, geological–geophysical cum hydrogeological studies, exploration (geological and geophysical), development (well logging techniques, pump test, its analysis and applications in well design), contamination (pollution of groundwater) and regulatory legislations regarding groundwater utilization ... Read more

    $140.89 CAD

  • Mine Wastes

    Characterization, Treatment and Environmental Impacts

    by Bernd Lottermoser ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book is not designed to be an exhaustive work on mine wastes. It aims to serve undergraduate students who wish to gain an overview and an understanding of wastes produced in the mineral industry. An introductory textbook addressing the science of such wastes is not available to students despite the importance of the mineral industry as a resource, wealth and job provider. Also, the growing ... Read more

    $267.69 CAD

  • Perspectives on Tsunami Hazard Reduction: Observations, Theory and Planning

    Edited by Gerald T. Hebenstreit ...
    Series Book 9 - Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research
    The promontory of Gargano in the southern Adriatic Sea represents one of the most interesting Italian coastal zones subjected to tsunami hazard. Figure la gives the geographical map of Italy; with a box embracing the region of Gargano; details of that region are in turn sketched in Figure lb. Because of the incompleteness of the earthquake and tsunami catalogues, no reports on tsunamis in this ... Read more

    $179.39 CAD

  • Tsunami Research at the End of a Critical Decade

    Edited by Gerald T. Hebenstreit ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This volume, derived from the 1999 International Tsunami Symposium, presents a unique look at the state of tsunami research at the end of the 20th century. It displays recent progress both in data recovery and reconstructions of historical tsunamis and in detail examination of recent disasters. It shows the tsunami community using both traditional methods of data gathering - searching archives and ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • Flood Risk in the Upper Vistula Basin

    Edited by Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz, Tadeusz Niedźwiedź, Bartłomiej Wyżga, Markus Stoffel ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This pioneering book addresses the entirety of river flooding issues in the Upper Vistula Basin, where considerable flood generation potential exists. It analyses the factors influencing flood risk, investigates variations in observation records and discusses projections for the future and adaptation to changing risk. It serves the general interest in understanding the floods that cause massive ... Read more

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  • Dynamic Tectonics and Karst

    by Stefan Shanov, Konstantin Kostov ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The karstic caves are favorable sites for tectonic events detecting, representing a conservative medium of three-dimensional framework where the tectonic deformations are well preserved. They also provide an environment conducive to dating and determining the geometrical parameters of past seismotectonic events. During the last three decades the study of dynamic tectonics and recent geodynamics in ... Read more

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  • Natural Hazards

    State-of-the-Art at the End of the Second Millennium

    Edited by Gerassimos A. Papadopoulos, Tad S. Murty, Srinivasan Venkatesh, R. Blong ...
    This special volume contains a selection of papers that were presented as part of the Seventh International Symposium on Natural and Man-Made Hazards (HAZARDS-98), held in Chania, Crete Island, Greece, during May 1998. The Symposium attracted broad international interest because many cases of natural disaster events, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, storm surges, forest fires, etc., that occurred in ... Read more

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