UNESCO'S INTERNATIONAL GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMME AND GEOHAZARDS RESEARCH
Abstract
The International Geoscience Programme (IGCP), which is run under the frame of UNESCO and IUGS, has been for 44 years among the most important global geological research programmes. Research projects are grouped into five main themes: global change and evolution of life, geohazards, hydrogeology, earth resources, and geodynamic. All together 350 international research projects have been carried out so far, in which 150 countries participated. As one of its socially very relevant research themes, investigations of geohazards have a particular role in the programme, since they contribute to the mitigation of natural disasters as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic activity, landslides, floods and health hazards of geological materials.
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Spletna stran: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/earth-sciences/international-geoscience-programme/
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