Part I. The IYPE Hazards Theme: Minimising Risk, Maximising Awareness
The Hazards Theme of the International Year of Planet Earth / Tom Beer
Social Science Perspectives on Hazards and Vulnerability Science / Susan L. Cutter
Focusing on the Environment and Human Security Nexus / Juan Carlos Villagrán de León / Janos J. Bogardi
Communicating Geological Hazards: Educating, Training and Assisting Geoscientists in Communication Skills / David Liverman
Part II. The Response of the International Scientific Community
Introduction of a New International Research Program: Integrated Research on Disaster Risk - The Challenge of Natural and Human-Induced Environmental Hazards / Gordon A. McBean
Building a University Network for Disaster Risk Reduction in sub-Saharan Africa / Genene Mulugeta
Co-operation Plan on Hazards & Disasters Risk Reduction in Asia and the Pacific / Harsh Gupta
Part III. Geophysical Risk and Sustainability: Climate and Climate Change
Closing the Gap Between Science and Practice to Reduce Human Losses in Hydro-Meteorological Disasters / Kuniyoshi Takeuchi
The Role of Geosciences in the Mitigation of Natural Disasters: Five Case Studies / S.A.G. Leroy / S. Warny / H. Lahijani / E.L. Piovano / D. Fanetti / A.R. Berger
Part IV. Geophysical Risk and Sustainability: Theory and Practice
Seismic Hazard in India - Practical Aspects and Initiatives During IYPE / R.K. Chadha
Computational Geodynamics as a Component of Comprehensive Seismic Hazards Analysis / Alik Ismail-Zadeh
Hazards in the Coastal Zones Related to Groundwater-Seawater Interaction Processes / Y. A. Kontar / Yu.R. Ozorovich / A.T. Salokhiddinnov
Part V. GeoHazards and Risks - Observation and Assessment
Mega Tsunami of the World Oceans: Chevron Dune Formation, Micro-Ejecta, and Rapid Climate Change as the Evidence of Recent Oceanic Bolide Impacts / Viacheslav Gusiakov / Dallas H. Abbott / Edward A. Bryant / W. Bruce Masse / Dee Breger
Understanding Slow Deformation Before Dynamic Failure / G. Ventura / S. Vinciguerra / S. Moretti / P.H. Meredith / M.J. Heap / P. Baud / S.A. Shapiro / C. Dinske / J. Kummerow
Landslides in Mountain Regions: Hazards, Resources and Information / Raisa Gracheva / Alexandra Golyeva
