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Tsunami
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 356

Tsunami

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2001-07-02
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  • Publisher: CUP Archive

Comprehensively describes the nature and process of tsunami, for students and researchers, and general public.

Landslide Risk Assessment
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 468

Landslide Risk Assessment

Over the past decade there has been a gradual shift away from simply relying on engineering solutions to individual landslide problems, to the use of a variety of strategies to manage the problems over a broad area. Such alternative strategies include the use of building codes, land use planning controls, preventing water leakage, early warning systems and insurance schemes.This book addresses these developments and provides a multidisciplinary perspective on landslide management.

Teacher's Strategies
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 200

Teacher's Strategies

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1987
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Developing Tsunami-Resilient Communities
  • Language: en

Developing Tsunami-Resilient Communities

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2014-09-16
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  • Publisher: Springer

As the world grieves over the catastrophic loss of humanity from the 26 December 2004 tsunami, we must resolve to learn from nature’s lessons. This issue provides a framework and a set of tools to develop communities that are resilient to tsunami. This collection of papers represents a starting point on our new journey toward a safer world. The history of tsunami hazard mitigation tracks well with the history of destructive tsunamis in the United States. Following the 1946 Alaska g- erated tsunami that killed 173 people in Hawaii, the Paci?c Tsunami Warning Center was established in Hawaii by a predecessor agency to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Following the ...

Environmental Interactions of Clays
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 296

Environmental Interactions of Clays

This companion volume to Velde's Origin and Mineralogy of Clays deals with the role of clays in specific environmental issues, and is unique in its subject matter. Individual chapters are written by recognized international experts in their field, and cover such subjects as radioactive waste disposal, trace metals, soil quality and productivity, pesticides, landfill, fibrous minerals and health. The approach combines reviews with current research, making it an invaluable resource for students, researchers and practitioners alike.