Description - Fire Mountains of the Islands by R. W. Johnson
Volcanic
eruptions have killed thousands of people and damaged homes, villages,
infrastructure, subsistence gardens, and hunting and fishing grounds in Papua
New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. The central business district of a town
was destroyed by a volcanic eruption in the case of Rabaul in 1994. Volcanic
disasters litter not only the recent written history of both
countries-particularly Papua New Guinea-but are recorded in traditional
stories as well. Furthermore, evidence for disastrous volcanic eruptions many
times greater than any witnessed in historical times is to be found in the
geological record. Volcanic risk is greater today than at any time previously
because of larger, mainly sedentary populations on or near volcanoes in both
countries. An attempt is made in this book to review what is known about past
volcanic eruptions and disasters with a view to determining how best volcanic
risk can be reduced today in this tectonically complex and volcanically
threatening region.
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Book Details
ISBN: 9781922144225
ISBN-10: 1922144223
Format: Paperback
(250mm x 176mm x mm)
Pages: 394
Imprint: ANU Press
Publisher: ANU Press
Publish Date: 12-Dec-2013
Country of Publication: Australia
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