Landslides – Disaster Risk Reduction

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Sassa, Kyoji (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Canuti, Paolo (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Geotechnical engineering.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Earth Sciences.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.

This book documents the First World Landslide Forum, which was jointly organized by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL), eight UN organizations (UNESCO, WMO, FAO, UN/ISDR, UNU, UNEP, World Bank, UNDP) and four NGOs (International Council for Science, World Federation of Engineering Orga...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Progress of IPL Activities
• Progress of the International Programme on Landslides (IPL) – Objectives of the IPL and the World Landslide Forum
• Projects of International Programme on Landslides
• Keynote Lectures
• Landslide Risk Assessment and Mitigation Strategy
• Understanding to Predict
• Mechanics-Based Approach Toward the Mitigation of Debris Flow Disasters
• Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences: An Overview
• Satellite Remote Sensing Applications for Landslide Detection and Monitoring
• Huge Landslides Caused by Massive Earthquakes and Long-Lasting Geotechnical Risks
• The Increasing Wildfire and Post-Fire Debris-Flow Threat in Western USA, and Implications for Consequences of Climate Change
• Recovery of the Buddha's Niches and Cliff in Bamiyan (Central Afghanistan) after the Taliban Destruction of 2001
• Achievements of IPL Projects
• Assessment of Global High-Risk Landslide Disaster Hotspots
• International Summer School on Rockslides and Related Phenomena in the Kokomeren River Valley, Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan
• Landslide Investigation and Capacity Building in the Machu Picchu – Aguas Calientes Area (IPL C101-1)
• Monitoring, Geomorphological Evolution and Slope Stability of Inca Citadel of Machu Picchu: Results from Italian INTERFRASI project
• Dilatometric and Extensometric Monitoring of Rock Blocks Displacements Within Machu Picchu Archaeological Site, Peru
• Geophysical Surveys at Machu Picchu, Peru: Results for Landslide Hazard Investigations
• Integration of VHR Satellite Images with Field Data for the Analysis of Debris Sheet Instability in the Machu Picchu Area
• Parallel Sessions
• A Look from Space
• Mapping: Inventories, Susceptibility, Hazard and Risk
• Monitoring, Prediction and Early Warning
• Catastrophic Slides and Avalanches
• Cultural Heritage and Landslides: Research for Risk Prevention and Conservation
• Landslides and Multi-Hazards
• Rainfall, Debris Flows and Wildfires
• Case Studies and National Experiences
• Education, Capacity Building and Public Awareness for Disaster Reduction
• International Cooperation Initiatives
• Policy and Institutional Framework for Landslide Mitigation and Risk Reduction
• Climate Change and Slope Instability
• Economic and Social Impacts of Landslides
• Environmental Impact of Landslides
• Engineering Measures for Landslide Disaster Mitigation
• Watershed and Forest Management for Landslide Risk Reduction.