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ACOCELLA VALERIO
(syllabus)
Introduction: hazard and risk, historical perspective; General concepts: Earth Science; energy and causes of natural hazards; managing, modelling and describing natural disasters; forecasting. Analysis, physical understanding and social impact of the natural disasters in Earth science: earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, landslides, hurricanes, floods, drought, climate changes, sea level changes. Synthesis: towards a general and shared vision to mitigate natural disasters.
(reference books)
Patrick L. Abbott (2017) Natural Disasters. McGraw-Hill, 556 pp.
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