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Natural Hazards and Human-Exacerbated Disasters in Latin America, Volume 13 - Special Volumes of Geomorphology (Hardcover)
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Natural Hazards and Human-Exacerbated Disasters in Latin America, Volume 13 - Special Volumes of Geomorphology (Hardcover)
Series: Developments in Earth Surface Processes
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The main objective of the book is to offer a vision of the dynamics
of the main disasters in South America, describing their mechanisms
and consequences on South American societies. The chapters are
written by selected specialists of each country. Human-induced
disasters are also included, such as desertification in Patagonia
and soil erosion in Brazil. The receding of South-American glaciers
as a response to recent climatic trends and sea-level scenarios are
discussed.
The approach is broad in analyzing causes and consequences and
includes social and economic costs, discussing environmental and
planning problems, but always describing the
geomorphologic/geologic involved processes with a good scientific
substantiation. This is important to differentiate the book from
others of a more 'social' impact that discuss risks and disasters
with emphases mainly on economy and simple impacts.
* actual theme, interesting for a variety of professionals.
* fills in the scarcity of specialized literature in geosciences
from South America.
* is the first book in the market exclusively devoted to
geomorphology of disasters in South America.
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