Geomorphological Hazards and Disaster Prevention Alcantara-Ayala Irasema
Geomorphological Hazards and Disaster Prevention Alcantara-Ayala Irasema Human activities have had a huge impact on the environment and landscape, through industrialisation and land-use change,…
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Geomorphological Hazards and Disaster Prevention Alcantara-Ayala Irasema
Human activities have had a huge impact on the environment and landscape, through industrialisation and land-use change, leading to climate change, deforestation, desertification, land degradation, and air and water pollution. Geomorphological work includes not only the understanding but the mapping and modelling of Earth's surface processes, many of which directly affect human societies. These impacts are strongly linked to the occurrence of geomorphological hazards, such as floods, landslides, snow avalanches, soil erosion, and others.
The work of geomorphologists is therefore of prime importance for disaster prevention. In addition, geomorphologists are becoming increasingly involved with the dimensions of societal problem solving, through vulnerability analysis, hazard and risk assessment and management. An international team of geomorphologists have contributed their expertise to
Ethics, Law and Natural Hazards
Ethics, Law and Natural Hazards