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Considers three major topics: human risks against natural hazards, types and consequences of Earth's natural resources exploitation, and disequilibria caused by human activities on solid Earth.
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The Earth-Man encounter: Population explosion; Human occupancy steps; Main natural hazards; Main man-induced impacts and risks; Perspectives. Part I The Man facing Earth hazards: Earthquakes; Volcanic eruptions; Land movements; Wind and water hazards. Part II Exploiting Geological Resources: Earth materials and ores; Underground water; Radioactivity. Part III Earth facing man activities: Soils; Cities, industries, and communications; Chemical contamination of Earth surface formations; Regional to global change of Earth fluid envelopes, and impact on solid Earth.
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