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Vulnerability of our civilisation to geological disasters is rapidly growing due to well known global trends: proliferation of radioactive waste disposals, high dams, nuclear power plants, lifelines and other high-risk objects; geotechnical deterioration of megacities; destabilisation of the environment; and, amplifying the ripple effects of disasters, — the growing socio-economic volatility of the global village, with each country becoming sensitive to developments in other parts of the world that are outside its control. As a result, geological disasters rank as major threats to survival and sustainable development of our civilisation.
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Keilis-Borok, V.I. (2003). Basic Science for Prediction and Reduction of Geological Disasters. In: Beer, T., Ismail-Zadeh, A. (eds) Risk Science and Sustainability. NATO Science, vol 112. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0167-0_5
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