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Earthquake Hazard, Risk and Disasters presents the latest scientific developments and reviews of research addressing seismic hazard and seismic risk, including causality rates, impacts on society, preparedness, insurance and mitigation. The current controversies in seismic hazard assessment and earthquake prediction are addressed from different points of view. Basic tools for understanding the seismic risk and to reduce it, like paleoseismology, remote sensing, and engineering are discussed. Contains contributions from expert seismologists, geologists, engineers a

Geology --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Dynamic & Structural Geology --- Earthquake hazard analysis. --- Earthquakes --- Environmental aspects. --- Safety measures. --- Quakes (Earthquakes) --- Earth movements --- Natural disasters --- Seismology --- Earthquake hazard assessment --- Hazard analysis, Earthquake --- Seismic hazard analysis --- Seismic risk assessment --- Seismic vulnerability assessment --- Earthquake engineering --- Hazard analysis

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Edited by two experts in the area, Geoethics: Ethical Challenges and Case Studies in Earth Sciences addresses a range of topics surrounding the concept of ethics in geoscience, making it an important reference for any Earth scientist with a growing concern for sustainable development and social responsibility. This book will provide the reader with some obvious and some hidden information you need for understanding where experts have not served the public, what more could have been done to reach and serve the public and the ethical issues surrounding the Earth Sciences, from a global perspe

Geology --- Geophysics --- Research --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Science --- Science research --- Scientific research --- Information services --- Learning and scholarship --- Methodology --- Research teams --- Geological physics --- Terrestrial physics --- Earth sciences --- Physics --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Natural history