By
Edgardo Latrubesse, Universidade Federal de Goias, Goiania, Brazil
Description
The main objective of the book is to offer a vision of the dynamics of the main disasters in South America, describing their mechanisms
and consequences on South American societies. The chapters are written by selected specialists of each country. Human-induced disasters
are also included, such as desertification in Patagonia and soil erosion in Brazil. The receding of South-American glaciers as a response
to recent climatic trends and sea-level scenarios are discussed.
The approach is broad in analyzing causes and consequences and includes
social and economic costs, discussing environmental and planning problems, but always describing the geomorphologic/geologic involved
processes with a good scientific substantiation. This is important to differentiate the book from others of a more 'social' impact that
discuss risks and disasters with emphases mainly on economy and simple impacts.
Included in series
Developments in Earth Surface Processes
Audience:
universities, institutes of research, researchers, students and some firms working on Environmental Sciences, Geosciences, Physical Geography,
Applied Geology and Applied Engineering, planners and other related groups.
