ISBN: 9780444531179

The main objective of the book is to offer a vision of the dynamics of the main disasters in South America, describing their mechanisms and consequences on South American societies. The c… More...

The main objective of the book is to offer a vision of the dynamics of the main disasters in South America, describing their mechanisms and consequences on South American societies. The chapters are written by selected specialists of each country. Human-induced disasters are also included, such as desertification in Patagonia and soil erosion in Brazil. The receding of South-American glaciers as a response to recent climatic trends and sea-level scenarios are discussed. The approach is broad in analyzing causes and consequences and includes social and economic costs, discussing environmental and planning problems, but always describing the geomorphologic/geologic involved processes with a good scientific substantiation. This is important to differentiate the book from others of a more ''social'' impact that discuss risks and disasters with emphases mainly on economy and simple impacts. Actual theme, interesting for a variety of professionalsFills in the scarcity of specialized literature in geosciences from South AmericaThe first book in the market exclusively devoted to geomorphology of disasters in South America | Natural Hazards and Human-Exacerbated Disasters in Latin America by Edgardo Latrubesse Hardcover | Indigo Chapters Books > Science & Nature > Science > Environmental Science P10117, Edgardo Latrubesse<

ISBN: 9780444531179

[PU: Elsevier Science], The main objective of the book is to offer a vision of the dynamics of the main disasters in South America, describing their mechanisms and consequences on South A… More...

[PU: Elsevier Science], The main objective of the book is to offer a vision of the dynamics of the main disasters in South America, describing their mechanisms and consequences on South American societies. The chapters are written by selected specialists of each country. Human-induced disasters are also included, such as desertification in Patagonia and soil erosion in Brazil. The receding of South-American glaciers as a response to recent climatic trends and sea-level scenarios are discussed. The approach is broad in analyzing causes and consequences and includes social and economic costs, discussing environmental and planning problems, but always describing the geomorphologic/geologic involved processes with a good scientific substantiation. This is important to differentiate the book from others of a more 'social' impact that discuss risks and disasters with emphases mainly on economy and simple impacts., DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, [GW: 970g], Banküberweisung, PayPal, Klarna-Sofortüberweisung, [CT: Sonstiges / Sonstiges]<

2009, ISBN: 9780444531179

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Elsevier Science, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: 1, 550 Seiten, Publiziert: 2009-09-30T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 2.14 kg, Umweltingenieurwissenschaften, Ingenieurwissenschaften, Fachbü… More...

Elsevier Science, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: 1, 550 Seiten, Publiziert: 2009-09-30T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 2.14 kg, Umweltingenieurwissenschaften, Ingenieurwissenschaften, Fachbücher, Kategorien, Bücher, Geowissenschaften, Naturwissenschaft & Mathematik, Umweltwissenschaft, Geologie, Naturwissenschaften & Technik, Umwelt Allgemein, Umwelt & Ökologie, Ökologie Allgemein, Biologie, Biowissenschaften, Format: Illustriert, Elsevier Science, 2009<