Environmental geomorphology

by Panizza, Mario

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Full title :Environmental geomorphology / by Mario Panizza.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1996.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Elsevier
Place of Publication:Amsterdam
Language:eng
Publication Date:1996.

The Physical Object

Description:xv, 268 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0444898301, 9780444898302, 0444986766, 9780444986764
oclc:ocm35172553
LC Classification:GB447.3
Dewey Decimal:551.4/1

INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL GEOMORPHOLOGY: Definition of geomorphology -- Geomorphology and geology -- Geomorphology as a science -- Environmental geomorphology -- Environmental impact -- Geomorphological risk -- GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESOURCES: Geomorphological raw materials -- Landforms -- A method for surveying, mapping and assessing landforms as geomorphological assets -- GEOMORPHOLOGICAL HAZARDS: Geomorphological instability -- Soil erosion -- Landslide hazard -- River hazard -- Marine hazard -- Glacial and periglacial hazard -- Geomorphology and seismic risk -- Geomorphology and volcanic hazard -- Geomorphological hazard maps -- MAN AS GEOMORPHOLOGICAL AGENT: An approach to the problem -- Man’s activities and their geomorphological consequences -- VULNERABILITY AND GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RISK: Vulnerability to hazard -- Risk mitigation -- Prediction and forecast -- Environmental education -- GEOMORPHOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, ASSESSMENT: Concepts -- Methodology -- Quantification of impact.

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