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Enduring Geohazards in the Caribbean: Moving from the Reactive to the Proactive - Softcover

 
9789766402044: Enduring Geohazards in the Caribbean: Moving from the Reactive to the Proactive
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9766402043 ISBN 13: 9789766402044
Verlag: University of the West Indies Press, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

Landslides and flooding in the Caribbean are destructive, endemic forces that destroy homes, businesses and schools, cost millions of dollars annually and kill hundreds of men, women and children. This book promotes a holistic approach for managing geohazards in the region. It emphasizes a preventive, proactive approach rather than a reactive one.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Serwan M.J. Baban is Head, School of Environmental Science and Management and Professor of Environmental Geoinformatics, Southern Cross University, Australia. He was also Professor of Surveying and Land Information and Chairman, School of Graduate Studies and Research, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago. He is the author of over eighty-five refereed journal articles. He has served as a consultant or advisor on environmental issues to several governments and universities in the United Kingdom, United States, Malaysia, Jordan, Malta, Tunisia and several Caribbean states including Trinidad and Tobago.

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Verlag
University of the West Indies Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2008
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
9766402043
ISBN 13 
9789766402044
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
270
Herausgeber
Baban Serwan M. J.
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