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    Reconstruction and Restoration

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This monograph focuses on a variety of topics related to reconstruction and restoration in post-tsunami conditions. Aspects such as coastal engineering, early warning systems and technological approaches, urban planning and settlements relocation, socio-economic redevelopment and policy, coastal ecosystems and agricultural redevelopment as well as pollution assessment are included. The reader will ... Leer más

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  • Tsunami Events and Lessons Learned

    Environmental and Societal Significance

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book is a collective effort by world experts, bringing together assorted contributions presented during the Ocean Science Session OS-017, of the AOGS-AGU Joint Assembly held in Singapore in 2012 (the Asia Tsunami and Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami events). The chapters cover assessment, evaluation, forecast and lessons learned as well as environmental and societal impacts of the ... Leer más

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    Transport is key to our daily lives. The transport system is essential to ensure the movement of people and goods, and most of us will use the roads or public transport every day. Vast sums are tied up in it and are spent on trying to resolve the problems of congestion and delays. And yet it is a most neglected field of politics. Britain has never had a coherent transport policy. Transport ... Leer más

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  • Whales and Dolphins for Kids : Oceans of The World in Color

    Marine Life and Oceanography for Kids

    Series series Children's Oceanography Books
    Make basic oceanology fun and easy to understand with the help of this graphic educational book. Composed of wonderful images of the buzzing marine life, accompanied by important descriptive texts, this book will definitely be a joy to have. Your child can use this book to complement the school textbooks on the oceans. Secure a copy today! ... Leer más

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  • Planning Australia

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  • In the Wrong Place - Alien Marine Crustaceans: Distribution, Biology and Impacts

    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    In The Wrong Place: Alien Marine Crustaceans - Distribution, Biology And Impacts provides a unique view into the remarkable story of how shrimps, crabs, and lobsters – and their many relatives – have been distributed around the world by human activity, and the profound implications of this global reorganization of biodiversity for marine conservation biology. Many crustaceans form the base of ... Leer más

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  • Floods in a Megacity

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    de Ashraf Dewan ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Flooding is one of the most devastating natural hazards in the world. Available records suggest that both flood frequency and severity are on the rise and this is likely to worsen in the context of climate change. As population, infrastructure and poverty grow rapidly in developing countries, particularly in urban agglomerations of 10 million people or more, floods could cause widespread ... Leer más

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  • Ecological Impacts of Tsunamis on Coastal Ecosystems

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    Edición de Jotaro Urabe, Tohru Nakashizuka ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book focuses on the ecological impacts of the Great East Japan Earthquake and resulting tsunamis, a rare and extremely large disturbance event, on various coastal ecosystems in Japan’s Tohoku area, including sub-tidal and tidal animal communities, sand dune plant communities and coastal forests. The studies presented here describe not only how species and populations in these ecosystems were ... Leer más

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  • The Big Book Of Sea Monsters (Scary Looking Sea Animals)

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    Series series Children's Fish & Marine Life Books
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  • Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments

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    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
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