Earth Science In The City A Reader Grant Heiken Robert Fakundiny by Grant Heiken, Robert Fakundiny, John Sutter 9780875902999, 9781118665633, 0875902995, 1118665635 instant download after payment.

Content:
Chapter 1 Large Urban Concentrations: A New Phenomenon (pages 7–19): George Bugliarello
Chapter 2 Geoantiquities in the Urban Landscape: Earth History Records in the Cities (pages 21–42): George A. Chan, Donald R. Currey, Andrea N. Dion and Holly S. Godsey
Chapter 3 Engineering Geology of New York City: Continuing Value of Geologic Data (pages 43–59): Charles A. Baskerville and Robert H. Fakundiny
Chapter 4 Towards Integrated Natural Hazard Reduction in Urban Areas (pages 63–73): Greg A. Valentine
Chapter 5 Seismic?Risk Evaluation in Cities of New York and Surrounding Regions: Issues Related to All Intraplate Cities (pages 75–120): Robert H. Fakundiny
Chapter 6 Facing Volcanic and Related Hazards in the Neapolitan Area (pages 121–170): Giovanni Orsi, Sandra de Vita, Mauro A. Di Vito, Roberto Isaia, Rosella Vane and Grant Heiken
Chapter 7 Tsunami Impact and Mitigation in Inhabited Areas (pages 171–186): G.T. Hebenstreit, F.I. Gonzalez and J. Preuss
Chapter 8 Landslides and Cities: An Unwanted Partnership (pages 187–254): Richard J. Pike, David G. Howell and Russell W. Graymer
Chapter 9 Effects of Urbanization on Groundwater Systems (pages 257–278): J.M. Sharp, J.N. Krothe, J.D. Mather, B. Gracia?Fresca and C.A. Stewart
Chapter 10 Integrated Environmental Modeling of the Urban Ecosystem (pages 279–302): Timothy N. McPherson, Steven J. Burian, Michael J. Brown, Gerald E. Streit and H.J. Turin
Chapter 11 Urban Environmental Modeling and Assessment Using Detailed Urban Databases (pages 303–333): Steven J. Burian, Timothy N. McPherson, Michael J. Brown, Gerald E. Streit and H.J. Turin
Chapter 12 Mapping the City Landscape from Space: The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflectance Radiometer (ASTER) Urban Environmental Monitoring Program (pages 337–361): Michael S. Ramsey
Chapter 13 Airborne Laser Topographic Mapping: Applications to Hurricane Storm Surge Hazards (pages 363–376): Dean Whitman, Keqi Zhang, Stephen P. Leatherman and William Robertson
Chapter 14 Integrating Geological Information into Urban Planning and Management: Approaches for the 21st Century (pages 379–411): B.R. Marker, J.J. Pereira and E.F.J. de Mulder
Chapter 15 Greater Phoenix 2100: Building a National Urban Environmental Research Agenda (pages 413–426): Jonathan Fink, Frederick Steiner, Nancy B. Grimm and Charles L. Redman
Chapter 16 Modeling Cities—The Los Alamos Urban Security Initiative (pages 427–442): Grant Heiken, Greg A. Valentine, Michael Brown, Steen Rasmussen, Jonathan Dowell, Sudha Maheshwari and Denise C. George