The Role of Knowledge in the prevention of natural hazards and related risks.

Human activities, especially over the last two centuries, have had a huge impact on the environment and the landscape. Mankind is able to control and induce landscape changes but is subject to natural processes and hazards due to severe and extreme events (particularly earthquakes but also landslide...

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Main Authors: Enrico Miccadei, Tommaso Piacentini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Paolo Scattoni 2014-02-01
Series:Italian Journal of Planning Practice
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Online Access:http://www.ijpp.it/index.php/it/article/view/28