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Natural and Man-Made Hazards

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 The Importance of Similarities Among Multiple Hazard Phenomena
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    Chapter 2 Modelling Of Relationship Between Natural and Man-Made Hazards
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    Chapter 3 Hazards from Mass Movements in Mountain Regions
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    Chapter 4 Earthquake Hazard and Risk in Canada
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    Chapter 5 The 1985 Mexico Earthquake
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    Chapter 6 Seismic Ground Motion and Damage Caused by Large Earthquakes in Nagoya, Japan
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    Chapter 7 Seismic Risk Analysis Using Both Earthquake Data and Active Fault Data
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    Chapter 8 A New Approach for a Quick Estimation of the Seismic Moment, Magnitude Mm?
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    Chapter 9 The Effects of Seismic Activity on the Soils of the Charlevoix Area—Quebec, Canada
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    Chapter 10 Evidence of the Occurrence and Magnitude of Terrestrial Landslides in Recent Saguenay Fjord Sediments
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    Chapter 11 An Appraisal of Recent Geologic and Hydrologic Hazards in Nigeria
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    Chapter 12 Tsunami Research—A Review and New Concepts
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    Chapter 13 Historical Tsunamis in the Pacific Basin
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    Chapter 14 Risk Assessment of the Tsunami Hazard
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    Chapter 15 High Energy Sedimentation in French Polynesia: Cyclone or Tsunami?
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    Chapter 16 Tsunami Hazards in the St. Lawrence Estuary, Canada
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    Chapter 17 Numerical Modelling of Atoll Reef Harbors
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    Chapter 18 Long Wave Trapping by Axisymmetric Topographies
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    Chapter 19 Mathematical Modelling of Global Storm Surges Problems
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    Chapter 20 Storm Surges Along the East Coast of India
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    Chapter 21 Historical Changes of Storm Surge Disasters in Osaka
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    Chapter 22 Negative Storm Surges on Canada’s East Coast
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    Chapter 23 Drought: A Global Perspective
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    Chapter 24 Hazards of Floods and Droughts in India
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    Chapter 25 Review of Statistical Methods for Estimating Flood Risk with Special Emphasis on the Log Pearson Type 3 Distribution
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    Chapter 26 Variation in the Indus River Discharges and their Hazards
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    Chapter 27 Modelling the Natural and Anthropogenic Variations of the St. Lawrence Water Level
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    Chapter 28 Choice of Water Level Elevation for the Design of Coastal Structures
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    Chapter 29 A Hindcast of Winds, Waves, Water Levels, and Currents During Hurricane Gloria
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    Chapter 30 Edge Waves and Ice Ride-Up On Shorelines
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    Chapter 31 Iceberg Movement Prediction off the Canadian East Coast
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    Chapter 32 Case Studies of Recent Environmental Hazards in the Eastern Mediterranean and Red Sea
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    Chapter 33 Productivity of the South Eastern Mediterranean
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    Chapter 34 Man-Made Environmental Changes in the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, and their Possible Impact on Inshore Fisheries
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    Chapter 35 Effects on Mediterranean Lagoon Macrobenthos of a River Diversion: Assessment and Analytical Review
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    Chapter 36 Natural and Anthropogenic Changes in the Bay of Fundy — Gulf of Maine — Georges Bank System
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    Chapter 37 Problems of Sewage Pollution in Alexandria, Egypt
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    Chapter 38 Oil Spill in the St. Lawrence Estuary: A Preliminary Approach to a Risk Estimation Model
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    Chapter 39 Geotoxicology: Are Thermal Mercury and Sulfur Emissions Hazardous to Health?
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    Chapter 40 Response to Accidental Release of Toxic Chemicals into the Atmosphere Using—AQPAC
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    Chapter 41 Remote Sensing of Aerosol Size Distribution
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    Chapter 42 Climatic Catastrophes: The Local and Global Effects of Greenhouse Gases and Nuclear Winter
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    Chapter 43 On the Effects of Increased Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere on Temperature and Precipitation in Western Canada
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    Chapter 44 The Interactive Effects of Large Injections of Smoke, Dust and No x on Atmospheric Temperature and Ozone Structure and Surface Climate
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    Chapter 45 A Regional Study of Impacts on Residential Heating Energy Requirements Due to C0 2 Induced Climate Change in Ontario
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    Chapter 46 Acid Precipitation: a Catastrophic Threat to the Environment
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    Chapter 47 Numerical Simulation of the Transport of Radioactive Cloud from the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident
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    Chapter 48 Estimation of the Wind Hazard in Tropical Cyclone Regions
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    Chapter 49 The Effects of The Cyclones of 1983 on The Atolls of The Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia)
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    Chapter 50 The Tornado Hazard in Canada
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    Chapter 51 Forecasting Volcanic Eruptive Disasters
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    Chapter 52 Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific: An Example Of International Cooperation
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    Chapter 53 A Program for the Mitigation Of Earthquake Effects in the Andean Region (Project Sisra)
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    Chapter 54 Earthquake Hazard Prevention and Mitigation in the West African Sub-Region
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    Chapter 55 Bhopal: Lessons for Canada
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    Chapter 56 Physical Planning for Multi-Hazard Mitigation
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    Chapter 57 (A)Summary of Symposium
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Title
Natural and Man-Made Hazards
Published by
Springer Netherlands, January 1988
DOI 10.1007/978-94-009-1433-9
ISBNs
978-9-40-107142-0, 978-9-40-091433-9
Editors

El-Sabh, M. I., Murty, T. S.

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Country Count As %
United States 1 5%
Unknown 18 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 5 26%
Student > Bachelor 3 16%
Researcher 3 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 11%
Other 1 5%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 5 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Engineering 4 21%
Environmental Science 2 11%
Social Sciences 2 11%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 5%
Other 2 11%
Unknown 7 37%