Landslides: Global Risk Preparedness

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sassa, Kyoji (Editor), Rouhban, Badaoui (Editor), Briceño, Sálvano (Editor), McSaveney, Mauri (Editor), He, Bin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Natural disasters.; Geotechnical engineering.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Earth Sciences.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Natural Hazards.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.

This book presents the global landslide risk preparedness implemented through the International Programme on Landslides (IPL). IPL was initiated by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) in 2002, and developed to a joint international programme by the IPL Global Promotion Committee (UNESCO...