Mountain Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction
The Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region is highly vulnerable to earthquakes and water-induced disasters. This fragile mountain region is under tremendous stress from climate change and land-use degradation that has accelerated flash floods, river-line floods, erosion, and wet mass movements during the...
| Corporate Author: | SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Other Authors: | Nibanupudi, Hari Krishna (Editor), Shaw, Rajib (Editor) |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Tokyo :
Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer,
2015.
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| Series: | Disaster Risk Reduction, Methods, Approaches and Practices,
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
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