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Written by geoscientists with experience of the practical problems of disasters in developing countries, this book guides the reader through the practical problems of the assessment of geohazards, their prediction and the mitigation of their effects. Not only are the obvious disasters such as earthquakes, lahars (volcanic mudflows) and gas outbursts discussed, but also quiet hazards' such as soil degradation, rising groundwater and the reduction of biodiversity. The papers arose from a meeting on geohazards in London in 1989 hosted by the Association of Geoscientists for International Development (AGID). The contributors come from a wide range of countries and have considerable experience in the field. This book should be of interest to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate geology students taking a hazards course, geologists, environmental scientists and development specialists.
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Dorrik A. V. Stow Editor in Chief, Association of Geoscientists for International Development ( AGID) AGIO is particularly pleased to see published this latest hurricanes, floods-that are wreaking havoc, destroying report in its Geosciences in International Development livelihood and lives in some corner of the globe. Series, as a significant contribution to the onset of the UN As geoscientists there are perhaps three concerns that Decade of National Disaster Reduction, and as a mark of should be uppermost in our minds as we join an inter AGIO's growing concern over the potential and actual national effort to combat the adverse effects of natural effects of geohazards throughout the developing world. hazards. The first must be to improve our scientific The problem of geohazards is increasing, not because understanding of the nature and causes of such hazards and to work towards more reliable prediction of their the rate of earth processes is accelerating, nor because the voice of the media appears to be paying more and more occurrence and magnitude.