Environmental Disasters - Anthropogenic and Natural

First comprehensive book on natural and anthropogenic disasters, past, present and future, combining the analysis of both observational data and the socio-economic implications of environmental disasters. As the impacts of environmental disasters on populations and their economic activity increase, the assessment of risk from such catastrophic events becomes more urgent not only for humankind, but also for other living organisms. This book details the problems caused by such environmental disasters and discusses possible mitigation methods, including risk mapping using satellite monitoring data.

List of contents

From the contents:

-Natural and anthropogenic environmental disasters: The problem of risk
- Natural and anthropogenic disasters in the history of civilization
- Natural disasters and their consequences
- Some anthropogenic disasters and their consequences
- Global and regional "slow" disasters
- Satellite monitoring of natural and anthropogenic disasters.

Product details

• Authors: Alexei A. Grigoryev, Kirill Y. Kondratyev, Costas A. Varostos
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2002
• EAN: 9783540433033
• ISBN: 978-3-540-43303-3
• No. of pages: 484
• Weight: 1167 g
• Illustrations: w. 63 maps and figs.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books in Environmental Sciences; Springer-Praxis Books in Environmental Sciences
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology