| Preface |
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| Abbreviations |
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Natural and anthropogenic environmental disasters. The problems of risk |
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1 | (50) |
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Global changes on the borderline between two millennia |
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2 | (18) |
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2 | (1) |
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Global dynamics of socio-economic development and the environment: updated statistics |
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3 | (17) |
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Space and time characteristic features of disasters |
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20 | (13) |
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Definitions and classification of disasters |
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20 | (2) |
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Global features of disaster consequences |
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22 | (4) |
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Regional (continental) features of disaster consequences |
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26 | (4) |
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Geographical distribution of disaster consequences |
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30 | (2) |
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Temporal dynamics of environmental disasters |
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32 | (1) |
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33 | (10) |
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Risk of environmental disasters |
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34 | (1) |
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35 | (1) |
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36 | (1) |
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Temporal variability and development of disasters |
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37 | (1) |
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Vulnerability of population |
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37 | (1) |
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Historic experience of surviving disasters |
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38 | (1) |
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Risk perception and information about risk |
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39 | (2) |
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Management of risk due to natural and anthropogenic disasters |
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41 | (1) |
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42 | (1) |
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43 | (8) |
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Natural and anthropogenic diasters in the history of civilization |
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51 | (50) |
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Natural disasters and mankind |
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51 | (28) |
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51 | (4) |
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55 | (5) |
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60 | (5) |
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65 | (5) |
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70 | (4) |
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74 | (5) |
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Anthropogenic environmental disasters in the past |
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79 | (11) |
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Causes and basic types of disaster |
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79 | (1) |
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80 | (3) |
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83 | (1) |
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Forest decline and soil degradation |
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84 | (2) |
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Depletion of water resources |
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86 | (1) |
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Destruction of ecosystems due to human activity |
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87 | (3) |
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The possibilities of using experience in overcoming the consequences of ecological disasters |
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90 | (5) |
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95 | (6) |
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Natural disasters and their consequencies |
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101 | (146) |
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101 | (30) |
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101 | (11) |
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112 | (4) |
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Regional meteorological hazards |
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116 | (8) |
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Air temperature and precipitation anomalies |
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124 | (5) |
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Meteorological hazards and insurance |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (1) |
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131 | (19) |
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Dust storms as dangerous natural phenomena |
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131 | (2) |
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Satellite observations of dust storms |
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133 | (17) |
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150 | (12) |
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150 | (7) |
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Satellite observations of river floods |
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157 | (5) |
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162 | (66) |
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162 | (45) |
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207 | (12) |
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219 | (9) |
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228 | (19) |
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Some anthropogenic disasters and their consequences |
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247 | (58) |
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247 | (12) |
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247 | (7) |
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Satellite observations of land surface pollution |
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254 | (5) |
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259 | (16) |
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Forest fires in the 20th century |
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259 | (6) |
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Satellite information about forest fires |
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265 | (10) |
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Technogenic accidents and disasters |
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275 | (24) |
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Technogenic accidents and environmental destabilization |
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275 | (10) |
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Satellite observations of technological environmental disasters |
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285 | (14) |
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299 | (6) |
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Global and regional `slow' disasters |
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305 | (156) |
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Stratospheric and tropospheric ozone changes |
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305 | (41) |
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305 | (5) |
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310 | (24) |
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334 | (10) |
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344 | (2) |
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Global climate change and carbon cycle |
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346 | (29) |
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346 | (9) |
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355 | (8) |
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Results and reliability of numerical climate modelling |
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363 | (6) |
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Energy production development and the environment |
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369 | (3) |
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372 | (3) |
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375 | (7) |
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Forest resources and tendencies to change |
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375 | (3) |
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Satellite information on forest cover destruction |
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378 | (4) |
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382 | (13) |
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Development and consequences of desertification |
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382 | (4) |
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Satellite observations of desertification |
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386 | (9) |
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395 | (9) |
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Modern tendencies in biodiversity state on the planet |
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395 | (4) |
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Using satellite information for studying biodiversity |
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399 | (5) |
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404 | (6) |
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Droughts as natural and man-made disasters |
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404 | (3) |
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Satellite observations of droughts |
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407 | (3) |
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Slow oscillations of inland water levels |
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410 | (13) |
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Manifestations of disasters and their scales |
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410 | (6) |
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The results of satellite observations of ecological disaster regions on lake coasts |
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416 | (7) |
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423 | (1) |
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423 | (38) |
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Perspectives of environmental monitoring |
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461 | (18) |
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461 | (4) |
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Radiation, clouds, water vapour, precipitation and atmospheric circulation |
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465 | (2) |
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General circulation, bioproductivity and the exchange between the ocean and the atmosphere |
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467 | (1) |
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Greenhouse gases and chemistry of the atmosphere |
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468 | (1) |
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Land ecosystems and hydrological processes |
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469 | (1) |
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470 | (2) |
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Ozone and stratospheric chemistry |
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472 | (1) |
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Volcanic eruptions and aerosol impact on climate |
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473 | (1) |
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474 | (1) |
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475 | (4) |
| Index |
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