Natural Hazards in the Asia-Pacific Region: Recent Advances and Emerging Concepts

Natural Hazards in the Asia-Pacific Region: Recent Advances and Emerging Concepts
ISBN-10
1862393397
ISBN-13
9781862393394
Category
Hazardous geographic environments
Pages
240
Language
English
Published
2012
Publisher
Geological Society of London
Authors
James P. Terry, James Rodney Goff

Description

Even a cursory glance at any map of the Asia-Pacific region makes a striking impression: in addition to the large continental landmass the region encompasses a truly vast expanse of ocean, dispersed over which are thousands of islands. Many might say that it could not be a worse time to live in this region. In the past few years we have experienced not only a number of devastating tsunamis (Indonesia, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Japan), but should not forget either the seemingly endless list of other natural hazards such as tropical cyclones and typhoons, volcanic eruptions, river floods and wildfires, amongst numerous others.

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