Monitoring the Conditions of Dangerous Lakes in Uzbekistan and Contiguous Territories
Spontaneous hydrological events in mountainous regions in Uzbekistan and contiguous areas often come as catastrophic flash floods, mud floods or torrents (selej), landslides (opolsnej), and avalanches.
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Jochen Zschau · Andreas N. Kiippers (Eds.)
Early Warning Systems for Natural Disaster Reduction With 390 Figures and 79 Tables
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EDITORS: PROFESSOR DR. JoCHEN ZSCHAU
GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ) Telegrafenberg 14473 Potsdam Germany
E-mail: [email protected] ANDREAS KUPPERS
GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ) Telegrafenberg 14473 Potsdam Germany
E-mail: [email protected]
Cover illustration: The SAR-Interferogram of the Izmit earthquake (Turkey, 17. August 1999, M=7.5) allows for a highly precise quantitative view of the co-seismic deformation around the North Anatolian fault zone based on ERS-1 data. (Calculation and Illustration by Ye Xia, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam)
ISBN 978-3-642-63234-1 ISBN 978-3-642-55903-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-55903-7 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data applied for Early warning systems for natural disaster reduction /)ochen Zschau, Andreas Kiippers (eds.). p. em. Includes bibliographical references (p. ). 1. Natural disaster warning systems. I. Zschau, Jochen, 1944 - II. Kiippers, Andreas, 1954 - III. International IDNDR-Conference on Early Warning Systems for the Reduction of Natural Disasters (1998: Potsdam, Germany)
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Preface
This volume is the result of the International IDNDR-Conference on Early Warning Systems for the Reduction of Natural Disasters, held at the GeoForschungsZentrum in Potsdam, Germany from 7-11 September 1998. Endorsed by the United Nations International Decade for Natural Disasters Reduction which had been established by the United Nations General Assembly in December 1989, it was jointly organised by the GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam and the German IDNDR-Committee. The event brought together 370 scientists, public officials, and representatives of the United Nations system, non-gover
