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Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Landslides
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Natural Hazards
Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Landslides
Edited by
Ramesh P. Singh
Darius Bartlett
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Title: Natural hazards : earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides / Ramesh Singh and Darius Bartlett.
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Ramesh P. Singh dedicates his two books to his late father, Professor
Rama N. Singh, on the tenth anniversary of his death. I remember
his love, affection and motivation for my efforts using satellite
data to explore the Earth system and natural hazards.
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Contents
Foreword ...........................................................................................................................................ix
Preface...............................................................................................................................................xi
Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................................xiii
Editors ..............................................................................................................................................xv
Contributors ...................................................................................................................................xvii
Chapter 1 Gujarat Earthquake: Ground Deformation ...................................................................1
M.G. Thakkar
Chapter 2 Gujarat Earthquake: Liquefaction ..............................................................................29
M.G. Thakkar
Chapter 3 Earthquakes and Medical Complications ..................................................................49
Scarlet Benson, Laura Ebbeling, Michael J. VanRooyen and Susan A. Bartels
Chapter 4 Utilization of Satellite Geophysical Data as Precursors for Earthquake Monitoring ....71
T.J. Majumdar
Chapter 5 Satellite Radar Imaging and Its Application to Natural Hazards ..............................95
Matt E. Pritchard and Sang-Ho Yun
Chapter 6 DEMETER Satellite and Detection of Earthquake Signals .....................................115
Michel Parrot
Chapter 7 TIR Anomaly as Earthquake Precursor ...................................................................139
Luca Piroddi
Chapter 8 Stress Change and Earthquake Triggering by Reservoirs: Role of Fluids ...............151
Kalpna Gahalaut
Chapter 9 Earthquake Precursory Studies in India: An Integrated Approach .........................175
Brijesh K. Bansal and Mithila Verma
Chapter 10 Geomorphic Features Associated with Erosion .......................................................205
Niki Evelpidou, Isidoros Kampolis and Anna Karkani
Chapter 11 Thar Desert: Source for Dust Storm ........................................................................233
Priyabrata Santra, Suresh Kumar and M.M. Roy
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Chapter 12 Coastal Subsidence: Causes, Mapping and Monitoring ...........................................253
Andrea Taramelli, Ciro Manzo, Emiliana Valentini and Loreta Cornacchia
Chapter 13 Subsidence Mapping Using InSAR ..........................................................................291
Mukesh Gupta
Chapter 14 Earthquakes and Associated Landslides in Pakistan ...............................................305
Shah F. Khan, Muhammad Asif Khan, Ulrich Kamp and Lewis A. Owen
Chapter 15 Landslides in Jamaica: Distribution, Cause, Impact and Management ...................333
Servel Miller, Anestoria Shalkowski, Norman Harris, Dionne Richards
and Lyndon Brown
Chapter 16 Landslides: Causes, Mapping and Monitoring – Examples from Malaysia ............363
Omar F. Althuwaynee and Biswajeet Pradhan
Chapter 17 Mapping and Monitoring of Landslides Using LIDAR ...........................................397
Michel Jaboyedoff, Antonio Abellán, Dario Carrea, Marc-Henri Derron,
Battista Matasci and Clément Michoud
Chapter 18 Radar Monitoring of Volcanic Activities .................................................................421
Zhong Lu and Daniel Dzurisin
Chapter 19 Active Volcanoes: Satellite Remote Sensing ............................................................447
Nicola Pergola, Eugenio Sansosti and Francesco Marchese
Chapter 20 Application of Thermal Remote Sensing to the Observation of Natural Hazards ...483
Matthew Blackett
Index ..............................................................................................................................................499
Foreword
Around the globe, there continues to be horrific impacts of natural hazards. Although hazardous
events arising from earthquakes, volcanoes and landslides are fewer in number than weather–
climate events, their typical impacts are unfortunately larger. To reduce the impacts of hazards, we
need to address the factors in risk – the hazard itself and the exposure and vulnerability of communi-
ties and other impacted areas. This book, Natural Hazards: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Landslides,
is an excellent book of 20 chapters addressing the natural science issues of earthquakes, volcanoes
and landslides. It is essential that there be improved understanding of the processes leading to these
hazardous events in order to predict their occurrence. These predictions need to be both in the near
term to alert populations and in the longer term so that actions can be taken to reduce the population’s
exposure and vulnerability, leading to the major reductions in impacts. To reduce the impacts on the
societal structure and assets, we need projections of risks of these events so that societies can reduce
their exposure and vulnerability. The book chapters present research information and analyses on,
for example, satellite geophysical data and radar imaging and integrated approaches. The book also
has chapters focusing on dust storms, coastal subsidence and remote sensing mapping. Other chapters
deal with the roles of remote sensing related to landslides and volcanoes.
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 has identified priority areas for
Disaster Risk Reduction, which include understanding disaster risk and enhancing disaster prepared-
ness for effective response, and to “Build Back Better” in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruc-
tion. The science addressed in this book directly contributes to the knowledge that is needed as a
basis for these actions. The international Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) Programme,
co-sponsored by the International Council for Science, is guided by research objectives, including
the following: addressing the gaps in knowledge, methodologies and types of information that are
preventing the effective application of science to averting disasters and reducing risk; and reduc-
ing risk and curbing losses through knowledge-based actions. The legacy of the IRDR Programme
‘would be an enhanced capacity around the world to address hazards and make informed deci-
sions on actions to reduce their impacts’. This book, edited by Ramesh Singh and Darius Bartlett,
provides the information for moving ahead on the research program and directly contributes to the
Sendai Framework and hence on reducing risk on planet Earth.
Professor Gordon McBean, C.M., O.Ont, PhD, FRSC, FAGU, FIUGG
President, International Council for Science
Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction
Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography, Western University, London, Canada
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