Human Geoscience Paperback / softback
Edited by Yukio Himiyama, Kenji Satake, Taikan Oki
Part of the Advances in Geological Science series
Paperback / softback
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This book is a product of the joint efforts of interdisciplinary academic fields under the integrative framework of human geoscience.
Human geoscience is a new genre of geoscience concerned with the natural phenomena that occur on the surface of the Earth and their relations with human activities.
It therefore has connections with many fields of geoscience, namely, physical geography, geomorphology, geology, soil science, sedimentology, seismology, volcanology, meteorology, climatology, oceanography, and hydrology.
It also has strong links to the humanities, social sciences, agricultural sciences, and engineering related to disaster prevention or mitigation.
All these disciplines are important fields for understanding disasters and global environmental problems and for evaluating the associated risks comprehensively, then proposing mitigation strategies.The volume is designed for those who may not necessarily have a geoscience background but have broad scientific interest inunderstanding the causes, mechanisms, and consequences of geo-disasters and global environmental problems and wish to make the world more sustainable on that basis.
The book consists of six parts: I. Introduction, II. Earth Surface Realms, III. Natural Resources and Society, IV. Natural Hazards and Society, V. Global Environmental Problems, and VI. Global Sustainability Programmes and Human Geoscience, which discusses the contribution of this field of science to a new comprehensive framework for global sustainability.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:339 pages, 105 Illustrations, color; 37 Illustrations, black and white; XII, 339 p. 142 illus., 105
- Publisher:Springer Verlag, Singapore
- Publication Date:01/10/2020
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- ISBN:9789813292260
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:339 pages, 105 Illustrations, color; 37 Illustrations, black and white; XII, 339 p. 142 illus., 105
- Publisher:Springer Verlag, Singapore
- Publication Date:01/10/2020
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- ISBN:9789813292260
