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Natural Disasters as Interactive Components of Global-ecodynamics by Kirill Ya Kondratyev & Vladimir F. Krapivin & Costas A. Varostos
Large-scale natural catastrophes are environmental phenomena. Numerous studies in recent years have concluded that the frequency of occurrence of such natural disasters have been increasing, leading to an enhanced risk of very considerable human and economic losses and the widespread destruction and pollution of habitats, settlements and infrastructure. In 2001, over 650 natural disasters happened around the globe with economic losses exceeding $35 billion. The year 2004 ended with the South East Asian tsunami on 26th December with its huge toll on life and local economics and this demonstrated that the effects of such disasters are most keenly felt in poorer or developing regions. The problem of natural disaster prediction and the implementation of environmental monitoring systems to receive, store and process the information necessary for solutions of specific problems in this area , have been analysed by the three authors of this book, all of whom are internationally respected experts in this field. |
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| ISBN-10 : 3540313443 | ISBN-13 : 9783540313441 |
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Product Details:
Series Title : Springer-Praxis Books
Country Publication : Germany
Publication Date : 01/05/2006
Publisher : Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Page Length : xxxv, 579mm