Geological hazards. Their assessment, avoidance and mitigation

• Main Author: Bell, F.G. (Department of Geology and Applied Geology, University of Natal, Durban (South Africa))
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: London (United Kingdom) E and F N Spon Ltd 1999; CRC Press; E & FN Spon; CRC Press LLC; Taylor & Francis Group; Spon Press
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: AGUA; AGUAS SUBTERRANEAS; CATASTROPHE; COURS D'EAU; CURSOS DE AGUA; DECHET; DEPRESION; DESASTRES; DESECHOS; DESERTIFICACION; DESERTIFICATION; DESLIZAMIENTO DE TIERRAS; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; EAU; EAU SOUTERRAINE; ELIMINACION DE DESECHOS; ELIMINATION DES DECHETS; EROSION; Geodynamics; GEOLOGIA; GEOLOGIE; GEOLOGY; GLISSEMENT DE TERRAIN; GROUNDWATER; LANDSLIDES; MARINE AREAS; MASS MOVEMENT; MOUVEMENT DU SOL; MOVIMIENTO DEL SUELO; Natural disasters; POLLUTION; POLUCION; PROBLEM SOILS; REGION MARINE; RIVERS; SOIL; SOIL MOVEMENT; SOL; SUBSIDENCE; SUELO; TERREMOTOS; TREMBLEMENT DE TERRE; VENT; VIENTO; VOLCANIC ACTIVITY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTES; WATER; WINDS; ZONAS MARINAS; Slip Surface; Quicksands; pyroclasts; Mudflows or lahars; Types of central eruption; Longshore Drift; Problem soils; Pyroclastic Flows; Expansive Clays; Volcanic activity; Landslide Hazard; Acid Mine Drainage; Mass movements; Void Migration; lava flows; Soil creep and valley bulging; Seismic zoning; Rock Mass; Tropical Residual Soils; Geohazards; Seismic hazard and risk; Ground Motion; Dispersive Soils; Geological Hazards; United States Soil Conservation Service; Tailings Dams; Soil Suction; Pore Water Pressures; Quick Clays; Infiltration Capacity; Sediment Yield; Earthquake activity; Unit Hydrograph; Wind Erosion; Moisture Content; Mount St Helens; Wave Energy; Monitoring slopes; volatiles
• ISBN: 0419169709; 9780419169703; 9780415318518; 0415318513
• DOI: 10.4324/9780203014660

Natural hazards cost the global economy over $50,000 million per year. Two thirds of this is spent on damage repair, the remainder represents the cost of predicting, preventing and mitigating against disasters. Man-made hazards such as groundwater pollution, subsidence and soil erosion add to this figure. Geological Hazards presents a state-of-the-art survey and examines methods of assessing, evaluating and combating hazards, both natural and man-made.