Comet/Asteroid Impacts and Human Society: An Interdisciplinary Approach Peter T. Bobrowsky Editor - neues Buch

EAN (ISBN-13): 9783642069246
ISBN (ISBN-10): 364206924X
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Herausgeber: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Core >1 >T
576 Seiten
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Sprache: eng/Englisch

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ISBN/EAN: 9783642069246

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Autor des Buches: bobrowsky, hans rick, peter rick, hans bob
Titel des Buches: asteroids asteroids, comet, aste

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Autor/in: Peter T. Bobrowsky; Hans Rickman
Titel: Comet/Asteroid Impacts and Human Society - An Interdisciplinary Approach
Verlag: Springer; Springer Berlin
546 Seiten
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010-10-14
Berlin; Heidelberg; DE
Gedruckt / Hergestellt in Niederlande.
Gewicht: 1,066 kg
Sprache: Englisch
235,39 € (DE)
241,99 € (AT)
260,00 CHF (CH)
POD
XXVI, 546 p.

BC; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology; Hardcover, Softcover / Physik, Astronomie/Astronomie; Astronomie, Raum und Zeit; Verstehen; Asteroids; Climate Change; astronomy; comets; development; disasters; holocene; population; risk; society; Geology; Human Geography; Environmental Economics; Archaeology; Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences; Geology; Human Geography; Environmental Economics; Archaeology; Geologie und die Lithosphäre; Humangeographie; Umweltökonomie; Archäologie; BB

Anthropology, Archaeology, Geology.- The Geologic Record of Destructive Impact Events on Earth.- The Archaeology and Anthropology of Quaternary Period Cosmic Impact.- The Sky on the Ground: Celestial Objects and Events in Archaeology and Popular Culture.- Umm al Binni Structure, Southern Iraq, as a Postulated Late Holocene Meteorite Impact Crater.- Tree-Rings Indicate Global Environmental Downturns that could have been Caused by Comet Debris.- The GGE Threat: Facing and Coping with Global Geophysical Events.- Astronomy and Physical Implications.- The Asteroid Impact Hazard and Interdisciplinary Issues.- The Impact Hazard: Advanced NEO Surveys and Societal Responses.- Understanding the Near-Earth Object Population: the 2004 Perspective.- Physical Properties of NEOs and Risks of an Impact: Current Knowledge and Future Challenges.- Evaluating the Risk of Impacts and the Efficiency of Risk Reduction.- Physical Effects of Comet and Asteroid Impacts: Beyond the Crater Rim.- Frequent Ozone Depletion Resulting from Impacts of Asteroids and Comets.- Tsunami as a Destructive Aftermath of Oceanic Impacts.- The Physical and Social Effects of the Kaali Meteorite Impact — a Review.- The Climatic Effects of Asteroid and Comet Impacts: Consequences for an Increasingly Interconnected Society.- Nature of the Tunguska Impactor Based on Peat Material from the Explosion Area.- The Tunguska Event.- Tunguska (1908) and Its Relevance for Comet/Asteroid Impact Statistics.- Atmospheric Megacryometeor Events versus Small Meteorite Impacts: Scientific and Human Perspective of a Potential Natural Hazard.- Socio-Economic and Policy Implications.- Social Science and Near-Earth Objects: an Inventory of Issues.- Perception of Risk from Asteroid Impact.- Hazard Risk Assessment of a Near Earth Object.- Social Perspectives on Comet/Asteroid Impact (CAI) Hazards: Technocratic Authority and the Geography of Social Vulnerability.- May Land Impacts Induce a Catastrophic Collapse of Civil Societies?.- The Societal Implications of a Comet/Asteroid Impact on Earth: a Perspective from International Development Studies.- Disaster Planning for Cosmic Impacts: Progress and Weaknesses.- Insurance Coverage of Meteorite, Asteroid and Comet Impacts — Issues and Options.- The Economic Consequences of Disasters due to Asteroid and Comet Impacts, Small and Large.- Communicating Impact Risk to the Public.- Impact Risk Communication Management (1998–2004): Has It Improved?.- Towards Rational International Policies on the NEO Hazard.- A Road Map for Creating a NEO Research Program in Developing Countries.