Natural disaster risk management : geosciences and social responsibility /: geosciences and social responsibility. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ulrich Ranke.
• Authors: Ranke, Ulrich
• Contents: Intro; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction; References; 2 Natural Disaster and Society; 2.1 Major Natural Disasters and Their Socioeconomic Impact; 2.1.1 Natural Disaster Triggered Nuclear Accident; 2.1.2 World Food Price Increase Due to Drought; 2.1.3 Sea-Level Rise and the Survival of Small Island States; 2.1.4 Respiratory Hazards from Ash Clouds; 2.1.5 Failure of State (Hurricane Katrina, United States); 2.2 Natural Disaster and the Society of Risk; 2.2.1 Population Dynamics and Risk; 2.2.2 Benefit and Risk-A Cause-Effect Relationship; 2.2.3 Population at Risk 2.2.4 Gender Relation to Natural Disasters2.2.5 Traumatization; 2.2.6 Social Connotation of Disaster Impact; 2.3 Risk to Economy; 2.3.1 Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland; 2.3.2 International Impact of Local Events (Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Failure); 2.3.3 The Great Flood of 1993 (United States); References; 3 Natural Disasters: Definitions and Classification; 3.1 Natural Disaster Classification: General Aspects; 3.2 Natural Hazards Originating from the Solid Earth; 3.2.1 Geotectonic Hazards; 3.2.1.1 The Earth Structure; Plate Tectonics; Plate Boundaries; Divergent Boundaries Convergent BoundariesTransform Boundaries; Earthquakes; 3.2.1.2 Measuring Earthquakes; Richter Magnitude Scale; Macroseismic; Volcano Seismology; Reservoir-Induced Seismicity; Geothermal Power Plant at Landau, Rhine-Pallatine (Germany); Earthquakes Generated from Producing Gas Field (Groningen, Netherlands); Induced Earthquakes from Waste Water Reinjection; 3.2.1.3 Liquefaction; 3.2.1.4 Earthquake Prediction; 3.2.1.5 Examples of Earthquake Occurrences; The First "Well-Known" Earthquake (Lisbon Earthquake, 1755); Transform Fault Earthquake (Loma Prieta, California, 1989) Transform Fault Earthquake (Haiti, 2010)Earthquake Hit a Megacity (Kobe, Japan 1995); Earthquake in Istanbul (1999); Earthquakes in Western Europe; 3.2.1.6 Tsunami; 3.2.1.7 Volcano; 3.2.1.8 Examples of Volcanic Eruptions; Paricutin, Mexico (Birth of a Volcano); Explosive and Lahars (Mt. Pinatubo, Luzon, Philippines); Lateral Blasts and Lahars (Mt. St. Helens, United States); Mount Pelée (Pyroclastic Surge = Nuée Ardente); Nevada del Ruiz (Mudflow, Lahar); Island (Rift Volcano); Hawaii (Hotspot); Lake Nyos (CO2 Accumulated in Volcanic Crater Lakes); Caldera (Santorini Volcano) 3.2.2 Hydrological Hazards3.2.2.1 Flood; 3.2.2.2 Mass Movements (Landslides, Debris Flows, Avalanches); 3.2.2.3 Landslide Dams; 3.2.2.4 Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF); Factors Influencing the Onset of Landslides; 3.2.2.5 Green Lake Landslide (New Zealand); 3.2.2.6 Mt. Rainer Landslide (Lahar); 3.2.2.7 Landslides Triggered by Tropical Storm; 3.2.2.8 Submarine Landslides (Grand Banks, Canada; Storegga, Norway; Lithuya Bay, Alaska); 3.2.2.9 Snow Avalanche; 3.2.3 Natural Disasters Versus "Extreme Events"; 3.3 Natural Disaster Distribution; 3.3.1 Type of Disaster
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xx, 514 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 363.34/2; Earth sciences; Natural disasters -- Risk assessment; Natural disasters -- Social aspects; Emergency management; Geology; Political communication; Insurance; System safety; Emergency management; Natural disasters -- Risk assessment; Political Science -- General; Business & Economics -- Insurance -- General; Technology & Engineering -- Quality Control; Political science & theory; Insurance & actuarial studies; Reliability engineering; Nature -- Natural Disasters; Natural disasters; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319206752; 3319206753
• Related ISBNs: 9783319206745
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 04, 2018).
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