Vol. 14 No.1 March 1991

Journal of International Geoscience

Published by the International Union of Geological Sciences

Contents

Editorial

        The Challenge of IDNDR

    PDF(112KB)

Articles

            The Reduction of Natural Disasters
              by Neelam S.Merani
               PDF(2243KB)

             Hazard and Risk Assessments in the United States
              by Walter W.Hays 
           PDF(2,108KB)

            SEISMED AND IDNDR:Opportunities to reduce the risk from earthquakes and other natural hazards
            by Walter W.Hays,Ludovic van Essche,and Franco Maranzana
           PDF(1,740KB)

            Understanding triggering mechanisms of volcanoes for hazard evaluation
              by Bruno Martinelli
           PDF(10,974KB)

            The Hurricane Dilemma in the United States
              by Edward M.Gross
           PDF(7,036KB)

            Coastal erosion
              by Orrin H.Pilkey
           PDF(9,508KB)

            The World Landslide Problem
              by Earl E.Brabb
           PDF(2,029KB)

            Drought:Opportunities for Impact Mitigation
              by William E.Riebsame
           PDF(969KB)

            Techology Transfer
              by Walter W.Hays and Badaoui M.Rouhban
           PDF(1,445KB)

Conference Reports

            15th Colloquium on African Geology
            Metamorphic Styles in Young and Ancient Orogenic Belts
      PDF(456KB)

News Reports

           New IGCP projects accepted and starting in 1991
           World has 68 significant earthquakes during 1990
           ICGP Project 299:Geology,Climate,Hydrology,and Karst Formation
           Global warming continues,but cause in uncertain
           Conference on global warming to seek agreement on response
     PDF(4,539KB)

News Briefs

New publications

Training

Calendar

Index for 1990

IUGS Directory

Front Cover