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Natural hazards such as earthquakes, landslides, floods, volcanic
eruptions, tsunamis, and hurricanes cause environmental, economic
as well as sociological problems worldwide. In recent years,
greater availability of information and sensational media reports
of natural hazard occurrence -and in particular in terms of
property damage or loss oflife caused by these hazards -resulted in
an increase of hazard awareness at a societal level. This increase
in public awareness has often been misconstrued as an indication
that natural hazards have been occurring more frequently with
higher magnitudes in recent years/decades, thus causing more damage
than in the past. It is still under debate, however, to which
extent recent increases in damage can be related to changing
frequencies of natural processes, or whether catastrophic events
occur at similar rates as they always had. If the latter is the
case, the reason for a greater damage can be related to dramatic
population growth over the last century, with a substantial
augmentation of population density in some regions. Indeed, the
implications are more server in underdeveloped and developing
countries, where urbanisation has increasingly occurred in hazard
prone areas such as coastal zones, alluvial river plains and steep
slopes, thus causing an increase in the exposure to natural
hazards. Some groups of society in wealthy countries accept higher
risks in order to live directly on top of a cliff or on a steep
slope to enjoy panoramic views of the landscape.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
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++++ Medicina Domestica o Tratado Completo Del Metodo De Precaver Y
Curar Las Enfermedades Con El Regimen Y Medicinas Simples: Y Un
Apendice Que Contiene La Farmacopea Necesaria Para El Uso De Un
Particular Felix Frances, Jorge Buchan Felix Frances ((Madrid))
Antonio de Alcedo a costa de Felix Frances, 1818 Health &
Fitness; General; Health & Fitness / General
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