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245	0	0	_aNatural hazards and human-exacerbated disasters in latin-america / _cedited by Edgardo M. Latrubesse.
260			_aUK: _bElsevier, _c2010.
300			_axxiv, 510 p. _billustrations, maps ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_tClimate and geomorphologic related disasters in Latin America / _rNorberto O. Garcia, Rosana Nieto Ferreira, and Edgardo M. Latrubesse -- _tGeomorphology as a tool for analysis of seismogenic sources in Latin America and the Caribbean / _rCarlos H. Costa ... [et al.] -- _tThe changing coastlines of South America / _rFederico I. Isla and Enrique J. Schnack -- _tDisasters in Mexico and Central America : a little bit more than a century of natural hazards / _rIrasema Alcántara-Ayala -- _tVenezuela : the construction of vulnerability and its relation to the high seismic risk / _rJaime Laffaille, Carlos Ferrer, and Klaudia Laffaille -- _tNatural hazards and human-induced disasters triggered by intense and episodic tropical rains in the Venezuelan mountains / _rMaximiliano Bezada -- _tConvulsive events, a widespread hazard in the Colombian Andes / _rMichel Hermelin and Natalia Hoyos -- _tGeomorphology of natural and human induced disasters in Ecuador / _rFausto O. Sarmiento -- _tNatural hazards in Peru : causation and vulnerability / _rKenneth R. Young and Blanca León -- _tGeomorphology of natural hazards and human-induced disasters in Bolivia / _rEdgardo M. Latrubesse, Paul A. Baker, and Jaime Argollo -- _tSoil erosion in Brazil from coffee to the present-day soy bean production / _rSelma Simões de Castro and José Pereira de Queiroz Neto -- _tLandslides and disasters in southeastern and southern Brazil / _rAna Luiza Coelho-Netto, André de Souza Avelar, and Willy Alvarenga Lacerda -- _tFloods in urban areas of Brazil / _rJose Candido Stevaux ... [et al.] -- _tSeismic and volcanic hazards in Argentina / _rLaura P. Perucca and Stella M. Moreiras -- _tLandslide processes in Argentina / _rStella M. Moreiras and Andrea Coronato -- _tFloods in Argentina / _rEdgardo M. Latrubesse and Daniel Brea -- _tDesertification in Patagonia / _rElizabeth Mazzonia and Mirian Vazquez -- _tGeology and geomorphology of natural hazards and human-induced disasters in Chile / _rAdriano Cecioni and Verónica Pineda -- _tImpact of global climate change on glaciers and permafrost of South America, with emphasis on Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and the Antarctic Peninsula / _rJorge Rabassa -- _tPossible future changes in geomorphological hazards in Latin America / _rAndrew S. Goudie -- _tA Latin American perspective on geomorphologic hazards and related disasters / _rEdgardo M. Latrubesse.
650		0	_aNatural disasters _zLatin America.
650		0	_aNatural disasters _xSocial aspects _zLatin America.
650		0	_aGeomorphology _zLatin America.
650		0	_aEmergency management _zLatin America.
856	4	2	_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1211/2011278862-d.html
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