Author: M. A. CoomerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Recreational surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Tongariro Crossing Hazard Awareness Survey
Author: M. A. CoomerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Recreational surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Global Volcanic Hazards and Risk
Author: Susan C. LoughlinPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107111757
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
The first comprehensive assessment of global volcanic hazards and risk, with detailed regional profiles, for the disaster risk reduction community. Also available as Open Access.
Volcanic Tourist Destinations
Author: Patricia Erfurt-CooperPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 364216191X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
This comprehensive book addresses the pressing need for up-to-date literature on volcanic destinations (active and dormant) and their role in tourism worldwide in chapters and case studies. The book presents a balanced view about the volcano-based tourism sector worldwide and discusses important issues such as the different volcanic hazards, potential for disasters and accidents and safety recommendations for visitors. Individual chapters and case studies are contributed by a number of internationally based co-authors, with expertise in geology, risk management, environmental science and other relevant disciplines associated with volcanoes. Also covered are risk aspects of volcano tourism such as risk perception, risk management and public safety in volcanic environments. Discussions of the demand for volcano tourism, including geotourism and adventure tourism as well as some historical facts related to volcanoes, with case studies of interesting socio-cultural settings are included.
Observing the Volcano World
Author: Carina J. FearnleyPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319440977
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 754
Book Description
This open access book provides a comprehensive overview of volcanic crisis research, the goal being to establish ways of successfully applying volcanology in practice and to identify areas that need to be addressed for future progress. It shows how volcano crises are managed in practice, and helps to establish best practices. Consequently the book brings together authors from all over the globe who work with volcanoes, ranging from observatory volcanologists, disaster practitioners and government officials to NGO-based and government practitioners to address three key aspects of volcanic crises. First, the book explores the unique nature of volcanic hazards, which makes them a particularly challenging threat to forecast and manage, due in part to their varying spatial and temporal characteristics. Second, it presents lessons learned on how to best manage volcanic events based on a number of crises that have shaped our understanding of volcanic hazards and crises management. Third, it discusses the diverse and wide-ranging aspects of communication involved in crises, which merge old practices and new technologies to accommodate an increasingly challenging and globalised world. The information and insights presented here are essential to tapping established knowledge, moving towards more robust volcanic crises management, and understanding how the volcanic world is perceived from a range of standpoints and contexts around the globe.
Report on a Botanical Survey of the Tongariro National Park
Author: New Zealand. Department of Lands and SurveyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Natural Hazards in Australasia
Author: James GoffPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107682592
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
A textbook designed for students taking a course in natural hazards with an Australasian focus and context. In full colour and richly supported by photographs, illustrations and maps.
Introduction to Safety Science
Author: David O'HarePublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000563839
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
The book is designed as an accessible and readable introduction to a rapidly expanding area that is in demand worldwide. A variety of professionals from different backgrounds are being tasked with managing health and safety risks in a wide variety of settings. Many lack current and up-to-date knowledge of the key developments that have taken place in Safety Science in recent decades, as well as a sense of how these developments fit in with previous approaches. This book takes readers on a ‘journey’ across three broad developments in safety science. It covers topics that focus on the individual including human error, risk and the role of cognition in human performance. It then shifts to research in safety science that uses organizations as the basic unit of analysis, questions about organizational decision making and the characteristics that dispose towards or against organizational failure and it introduces perspectives based on systems science that address issues that arise out of complexity and interdependence. Those who will purchase this book are students taking courses in human factors, ergonomics, applied psychology, occupational health and safety management. Professionals working in safety management in any field from agriculture, construction, shipping, aviation, power generation, oil exploration, manufacturing to healthcare will find this book useful, as well as general readers interested in why systems fail.
Observing the Volcano World
Author: Carina J. FearnleyPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 9783319440958
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 771
Book Description
This open access book provides a comprehensive overview of volcanic crisis research, the goal being to establish ways of successfully applying volcanology in practice and to identify areas that need to be addressed for future progress. It shows how volcano crises are managed in practice, and helps to establish best practices. Consequently the book brings together authors from all over the globe who work with volcanoes, ranging from observatory volcanologists, disaster practitioners and government officials to NGO-based and government practitioners to address three key aspects of volcanic crises. First, the book explores the unique nature of volcanic hazards, which makes them a particularly challenging threat to forecast and manage, due in part to their varying spatial and temporal characteristics. Second, it presents lessons learned on how to best manage volcanic events based on a number of crises that have shaped our understanding of volcanic hazards and crises management. Third, it discusses the diverse and wide-ranging aspects of communication involved in crises, which merge old practices and new technologies to accommodate an increasingly challenging and globalised world. The information and insights presented here are essential to tapping established knowledge, moving towards more robust volcanic crises management, and understanding how the volcanic world is perceived from a range of standpoints and contexts around the globe.
Volcanic Hazards Assessment in New Zealand
Author: Geoff GregoryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hazardous geographic environments
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Impacts and Management of Recent Volcanic Eruptions in Ecuador
Author: Graham LeonardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Emergency management
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description