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1 online resource (xxi, 527 pages) : illustrations |
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Developments in earth & environmental sciences, 1571-9197 ; 1 |
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Developments in earth & environmental sciences ; 1. 1571-9197
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-518) and index. |
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Earthquakes -- Volcanic eruptions -- Land movements -- Wind and water hazards -- Earth's materials and ores -- Underground water -- Radioactivity -- Soils -- Cities, industries, and communications -- Chemical contamination of earth's surface formations -- Regional to global change of earth's fluid envelopes, and impact on the solid earth. |
| Summary |
<IT>Geosciences, Environment and Man</IT> has three major objectives, which determine the division in three parts of this volume: I. To consider the main natural geological processes interfering with and therefore threatening the activities of man: earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, land movements, floods, wind and coastal risks; main prevention and mitigation measures against these natural hazards are presented. II. To examine the exploitation of earth's natural resources such as materials, ores and minerals, fossil fuels, water, radioactivity, and the resulting consequences on solid Earth balance and future. III. To assess the hold level reached by the activities of man on planet surface envelopes through agriculture, urbanization, industrialization, and communication; the local to global effects of human influence triggered by recent demographic growth on underground, soils, water and air characters are taken into account. Both deteriorating and beneficial aspects of Earth - the interactions of man are emphasized, as well as mitigation or restoration measures and perspectives. |
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Print version record. |
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Environmental geology.
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Natural disasters.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
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Natural resources.
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Pollution.
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Human ecology.
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Natural Disasters |
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Environmental Pollution |
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Géoécologie.
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Catastrophes naturelles.
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Êtres humains -- Influence sur la nature.
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Ressources naturelles.
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Pollution.
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Écologie humaine.
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natural disasters.
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natural resources.
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human ecology.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology.
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Pollution
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Natural resources
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Human ecology
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Environmental geology
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Natural disasters
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on
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Geociências.
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Geologia ambiental.
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Desastres ambientais.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chamley, Hervé. Environnement géologiques, activités humaines. English. Geosciences, environment, and man. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2003 0444514228 9780444514226 (DLC) 2003056111 (OCoLC)52471656 |
| ISBN |
9780444514226 |
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0444514228 |
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9780080532523 (electronic bk.) |
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0080532527 (electronic bk.) |
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0444514252 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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AU@ 000048129400 |
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AU@ 000062577566 |
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DEBBG BV039831793 |
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DEBBG BV042309038 |
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DEBSZ 367773139 |
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DEBSZ 48243757X |
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NZ1 12433171 |
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NZ1 15191574 |
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