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This paper reviews the main transborder issues on the territory of Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) of principally associated with natural and human induced hazards involving waste contamination from extractive industries. The Soviet Union included 15 states that had unified political and economic system. In 1991, after the collapse of the USSR, on the territory of the previously united country, were formed 15 independent states, respectively new boundaries were shaped, and existing environmental p...

According to Johnson Lairds? Mental Models Theory, people develop internal representations of the natural world ? mental models ? that they use to interact with the world and understand the phenomena around them. Having this in mind, we could understand that students develop their knowledge through the construction of mental models, which help them to develop scientific reasoning and make decisions, being the basis of individual behaviors. In this context, it is assume that the use of methodologies that enable stu...

The present study aims an integrated risk analysis of existing or potential natural constituting a direct or indirect threat on the analyzed geographical area. These regularly processes cause lately extreme and significant disturbances in the primary and significant damage system components in various fields of economic and social life. With an inventory of all these dangerous phenomena may be proposed at local government levels, a series of joint measures on mitigation and combating the effects induced by natural...

Manifestations of exogenous geodynamic processes in geomorphological objects at this stage is defined as damaging or destroying human life environment, leading to significant changes in the structure of the earth's surface. The term "exogenous geodinamic processes" refers to the concept of EA Likhachev, DA Timofeev "geomorphological danger" by the actions of these processes may be a crisis, disaster or catastrophe for a particular community of people and their economic structure. The factors leading to the express...

In Europe, the knowledge and measures regarding self-protection in case of emergency is very poor in general. Within the population, young people aged 7 ? 12 require a special approach, as their knowledge and behavior is different from adults. Their perception of accidents and disasters needs to be educated through an efficient teaching program. Therefore, a first step in developing such a tailored education program is to assess the natural hazards in European countries, with a special focus on the hazards that ca...