Natural hazards and human-exacerbated disasters in Latin-America special volumes of geomorphology / edited by Edgardo M. Latrubesse.

Other author Latrubesse, Edgardo.
Format Electronic
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoAmsterdam, Netherlands ; Boston [Mass.] : Elsevier, 2010.
Descriptionxxiv, 510 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from eBook - Earth and Planetary Sciences 2009
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SeriesDevelopments in Earth surface processes, 0928-2025 ; 13
Developments in earth surface processes ; 13. ^A302314
Contents Climate and geomorphologic related disasters in Latin America / Norberto O. Garcia, Rosana Nieto Ferreira, and Edgardo M. Latrubesse -- Geomorphology as a tool for analysis of seismogenic sources in Latin America and the Caribbean / Carlos H. Costa ... [et al.] -- The changing coastlines of South America / Federico I. Isla and Enrique J. Schnack -- Disasters in Mexico and Central America : a little bit more than a century of natural hazards / Irasema Alc©Łntara-Ayala -- Venezuela : the construction of vulnerability and its relation to the high seismic risk / Jaime Laffaille, Carlos Ferrer, and Klaudia Laffaille -- Natural hazards and human-induced disasters triggered by intense and episodic tropical rains in the Venezuelan mountains / Maximiliano Bezada -- Convulsive events, a widespread hazard in the Colombian Andes / Michel Hermelin and Natalia Hoyos -- Geomorphology of natural and human induced disasters in Ecuador / Fausto O. Sarmiento -- Natural hazards in Peru : causation and vulnerability / Kenneth R. Young and Blanca Le©đn -- Geomorphology of natural hazards and human-induced disasters in Bolivia / Edgardo M. Latrubesse, Paul A. Baker, and Jaime Argollo -- Soil erosion in Brazil from coffee to the present-day soy bean production / Selma Sim©æes de Castro and Jos©♭ Pereira de Queiroz Neto -- Landslides and disasters in southeastern and southern Brazil / Ana Luiza Coelho-Netto, Andr©♭ de Souza Avelar, and Willy Alvarenga Lacerda -- Floods in urban areas of Brazil / Jose Candido Stevaux ... [et al.] -- Seismic and volcanic hazards in Argentina / Laura P. Perucca and Stella M. Moreiras -- Landslide processes in Argentina / Stella M. Moreiras and Andrea Coronato -- Floods in Argentina / Edgardo M. Latrubesse and Daniel Brea -- Desertification in Patagonia / Elizabeth Mazzonia and Mirian Vazquez -- Geology and geomorphology of natural hazards and human-induced disasters in Chile / Adriano Cecioni and Ver©đnica Pineda -- Impact of global climate change on glaciers and permafrost of South America, with emphasis on Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and the Antarctic Peninsula / Jorge Rabassa -- Possible future changes in geomorphological hazards in Latin America / Andrew S. Goudie -- A Latin American perspective on geomorphologic hazards and related disasters / Edgardo M. Latrubesse.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2011278862
ISBN0444531173
ISBN9780444531179

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