Natural and Anthropogenic Hazards in Karst Areas: Recognition, Analysis and Mitigation

ISBN-10: 1862392242
ISBN-13: 9781862392243
Category: Hazard mitigation
Pages: 202
Language: English
Published: 2007
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Authors: John Gunn, Mario Parise

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This volume presents an overview of the main hazards affecting karst, including collapse and subsidence phenomena, hydrological hazards and human-induced geohazards. Consideration is also given to the problems of geohazard management in karst. Aimed at providing the reader with worldwide case studies, the contributions cover a range of geological and morphological settings. Geographically, the fourteen papers discuss very different karst areas, from North America, the Caribbean and Asia to several karst areas in Europe, including the British Isles, Spain, France and Italy.

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