Geological hazards : their assessment, avoidance, and mitigation / F.G. Bell.

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 fi...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author:	Bell, F. G. (Frederic Gladstone)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : E & FN Spon, 1999.
Subjects:	Natural disasters. Geodynamics.