Biological and Environmental Hazards, Risks and Disasters

Biological and Environmental Hazards, Risks and Disasters provides an integrated look at major disasters of the biosphere that have major implications for many of the world's people: plagues and pandemics, wildfires, non-native species, deforestation, desertification, and locusts. This volume takes a geoscientific approach to the topic and contains new insights about how biological disasters affect hazardous processes underscoring the relationship between biological disasters to other natural disasters. In addition, Biological and Environmental Hazards, Risks and Disasters covers current thinking about directly-related social scientific issues, such as how disasters can affect lives and impact property. Contains contributions from expert environmental scientists, ecologists, biological scientists, agricultural scientists, and public health specialists selected by a world-renowned editorial boardPresents the latest research on causality, economic impacts, fatality rates, and preparedness and mitigationIncludes numerous tables, maps, diagrams, illustrations, photographs, and video captures of hazardous processes Includes an examination of animals as hazards INDICE: 1. Environmental disease 2. Infectious disease 3. Algal blooms 4. Coral bleaching 5. Bee colony collapse 6. Animals as hazards 7. Large-scale Grasshopper Infestations on North American Rangeland and Crops 8. Locust swarms 8.1 The Australian plague locust - an opportunity for coordinated risk management 8.2 Desert locust 8.3 Locusts of Eurasia 9. Deforestation 9.1 Nepal 9. 2 Impacts of Deforestation on Hydrology in East Africa 10. Land degradation 10.1 Croplands 10.2 Land Degradation in Rangeland Ecosystems 10.3 Grassland Degradation 11. Release of natural enemies 12. Desertification 13. Ecological impacts of climate change 14. Comet and asteroid strikes

• ISBN: 978-0-12-394847-2
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 300
• Fecha Publicación: 27/12/2014
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés