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Dangerous neighbors : volcanoes and cities
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This book explores global examples of cities at risk from volcanoes, providing historical and contemporary eruption case studies to illustrate volcanic hazards, and cities' efforts to respond to them.
This book explores global examples of cities at risk from volcanoes, providing historical and contemporary eruption case studies to illustrate volcanic hazards, and cities' efforts to respond to them.
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- Creator
- Grant Heiken ; edited by Jody Heiken ; illustrations by Julie Wilbert
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- Language
- English
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- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013
- Physical Details
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- ix, 185 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781107039230, 9781139856676, 1107039231
- OCLC
- ocn840934583
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction: Dangerous neighbors: volcanoes near cities -- Too many people and too many volcanoes - Naples, Italy -- A full menu of volcanic hazards - Mexico City -- "Like dangerous, yet undeniably beautiful women" - Guagua Pichincha, and Cotopaxi volcanoes near Quito, Ecuador -- Dangerous neighbors, but some bring gifts - Manila Megacity, Philippines -- "It's part of the culture. Live with it!" - cities in Japan -- Volcanic and proud of it - Auckland, New Zealand -- Coffee, software, aircraft, and volcanic mudflows - Seattle, Tacoma, and Portland, USA -- A tale of two cities - Akrotiri (Island of Santorini, Greece) and Plymouth (island of Montserrat, Caribbean) -- The dangerous neighbor is restless - how should a city respond?