
Landslide Risk Management
CRC Press
1st Edition
Published on 30. June 2005
Book
Hardback
774 pages
978-0-415-38043-0 (ISBN)
Description
Landslide Risk Management comprises the proceedings of the International Conference on Landslide Risk Management, held in Vancouver, Canada, from May 31 to June 3, 2005. The first part of the book contains state-of-the-art and invited lectures, prepared by teams of authors selected for their experience in specific topics assigned to them by the JTC-1 Committee. The second part is a selection of papers submitted to the conference, most of which serve as case-history illustrations of projects on landslide risk management. This reference work presents the current status of landslide risk management as viewed by experts from around the world.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate and Professional
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 174 mm
Weight
1723 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-38043-0 (9780415380430)
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Additional editions

Oldrich Hungr | Robin Fell | Rejean Couture
Landslide Risk Management
E-Book
06/2005
1st Edition
CRC Press
€555.99
Available for download

Oldrich Hungr | Robin Fell | Rejean Couture
Landslide Risk Management
E-Book
06/2005
1st Edition
CRC Press
€555.99
Available for download
Persons
Oldrich Hungr, Robin Fell, Rejean Couture, Erik Eberhardt
Editor
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales, Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia
Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Content
State of the art papers
Invited papersSessions:
National landslide risk strategies
Case histories: hazard characterization
Case histories: risk assessment and management
Hazard and risk assessment: linear projects
Hazard and risk assessment: individual landslide projects
Methodology: hazard characterization
Remedial works and early warning systems
Invited papersSessions:
National landslide risk strategies
Case histories: hazard characterization
Case histories: risk assessment and management
Hazard and risk assessment: linear projects
Hazard and risk assessment: individual landslide projects
Methodology: hazard characterization
Remedial works and early warning systems