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Record Nr.

UNINA9910298370403321

Titolo

Landslide Science for a Safer Geoenvironment : Volume 2:  Methods of Landslide Studies / / edited by Kyoji Sassa, Paolo Canuti, Yueping Yin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-319-05050-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (812 p.)

Disciplina

333.7

551

551.307

624.15

Soggetti

Environment

Engineering geology

Engineering—Geology

Foundations

Hydraulics

Natural disasters

Environment, general

Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics

Natural Hazards

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Physical Modelling and Material Testing -- Application of Numerical Modelling Techniques to Landslides -- Remote Sensing Techniques for Landslide Mapping and Monitoring -- Hazard Mapping -- Monitoring, Prediction and Warning of Landslides -- Risk Assessment -- Remedial Measures & Prevention Works -- Risk Reduction Strategy -- Inventory and Database -- Capacity Development for Landslide Mitigation.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume contains peer-reviewed papers from the Third World Landslide Forum organized by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) in June 2014. The complete collection of papers from the Forum is published in three full-color volumes and one mono-color



volume. This second full-color volume contains the following:   ·        Physical modeling and material testing ·        Application of numerical modeling techniques to landslides ·        Remote sensing techniques for landslide mapping and monitoring ·        Hazard mapping ·        Monitoring, prediction, and warning of landslides ·        Risk assessment ·        Remedial measures and prevention works ·        Risk reduction strategy ·        Inventory and database.