Geodetic And Geophysical Effects Associated With  Seismic And Volcanic Hazards (Pageoph Topical Volumes)
Contributors: Jose Fernandez (Editor)
Publisher: Birkhauser
Published: August 30, 2004
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1611
ISBN-13: 9780817670443
Subjects: Earth Sciences - Geography; Earthquake hazard analysis; Science; Volcanic hazard analysis; Science/Mathematics
First sentence: At present, one of the priorities of research should be to study all the aspects correlated with natural hazards, in particular those of geological origin, in an endeavour to reduce the vulnerability associated with them and therefore improve the quality of life, especially if our society at least purports to be a welfare society.