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Part I The IYPE Hazards Theme: Minimising Risk,
Maximising Awareness
The Hazards Theme of the International Year of Planet Earth
Tom Beer
Social Science Perspectives on Hazards and Vulnerability Science
Susan L. Cutter
Focusing on the Environment and Human Security Nexus
Juan Carlos Villagrán de León and Janos J. Bogardi
Communicating Geological Hazards: Educating, Training and
Assisting Geoscientists in Communication Skills
David Liverman
Part II The Response of the International Scientific Community
Introduction of a New International Research Program:
Integrated Research on Disaster Risk The Challenge of Natural
and Human-Induced Environmental Hazards
Gordon A. McBean
Building a University Network for Disaster Risk Reduction in
sub-Saharan Africa
Genene Mulugeta
Co-operation Plan on Hazards & Disasters Risk Reduction
in Asia and the Pacific
Harsh Gupta
Part III Geophysical Risk and Sustainability: Climate and
Climate Change
Closing the Gap Between Science and Practice to Reduce Human
Losses in Hydro-Meteorological Disasters
Kuniyoshi Takeuchi
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The Role of Geosciences in the Mitigation of Natural Disasters:
Five Case Studies
S.A.G. Leroy, S. Warny, H. Lahijani, E.L. Piovano, D. Fanetti,
and A.R. Berger
Part IV Geophysical Risk and Sustainability: Theory and Practice
Seismic Hazard in India Practical Aspects and Initiatives During IYPE
R.K. Chadha
Computational Geodynamics as a Component of Comprehensive
Seismic Hazards Analysis
Alik Ismail-Zadeh
Hazards in the Coastal Zones Related to GroundwaterSeawater
Interaction Processes
Y. A. Kontar, Yu.R. Ozorovich, and A.T. Salokhiddinnov
Part V GeoHazards and Risks Observation and Assessment
Mega Tsunami of the World Oceans: Chevron Dune Formation,
Micro-Ejecta, and Rapid Climate Change as the Evidence of
Recent Oceanic Bolide Impacts
Viacheslav Gusiakov, Dallas H. Abbott, Edward A. Bryant,
W. Bruce Masse, and Dee Breger
Understanding Slow Deformation Before Dynamic Failure
G. Ventura, S. Vinciguerra, S. Moretti, P.H. Meredith, M.J. Heap,P.
Baud, S.A. Shapiro, C. Dinske, and J. Kummerow
Landslides in Mountain Regions: Hazards, Resources and Information .
Raisa Gracheva and Alexandra Golyeva
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Geophysical Hazards / Dordrecht; Heidelberg; London; New York : Springer (2010)
