Springer Science+Business Media, 2010, 262 pages, ISBN:
9048132355.
This volume, written by the Hazards Science Team of the
Inteational Year of Planet Earth, brings together some of the
most influential inteational scientists dealing with Natural
Hazards and Society’s response to natural hazards. It recognises
that hazards, like poverty, will always be with us but that
concerted and organised societal response can prevent a hazard
becoming a disaster. By bringing together geoscientists, social
scientists and those conceed with the administration of
inteational science and inteational disaster reduction, this
book details the state of the science as well as the state of the
response in natural hazards.
The IYPE Hazards Theme: Minimising Risk, Maximising Awareness.
The Response of the Inteational Scientific Community.
Geophysical Risk and Sustainability: Climate and Climate
Change.
Geophysical Risk and Sustainability: Theory and Practice.
GeoHazards and Risks – Observation and Assessment.