Landslide Ecology

Landslide Ecology

Author: Lawrence R. Walker

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13: 0521190525

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Landslides are dangerous, fascinating phenomena: understanding their biological and ecological aspects is essential for achieving slope stability and habitat restoration.


Landslides - Disaster Risk Reduction

Landslides - Disaster Risk Reduction

Author: Kyoji Sassa

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-10-27

Total Pages: 638

ISBN-13: 354069966X

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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 Organizations, Kyoto Univ. and Japan Landslide Society) in Tokyo in 2008. The material consists of four parts: The Open Forum "Progress of IPL Activities; Four Thematic Lectures in the Plenary Symposium "Global Landslide Risk Reduction"; Six Keynote Lectures in the Plenary session; and the aims and overviews of eighteen parallel sessions (dealing with various aspects necessary for landslide disaster risk reduction such as: observations from space; climate change and slope instability; landslides threatening heritage sites; the economic and social impact of landslides; monitoring, prediction and early warning; and risk-management strategies in urban area, etc.) Thus it enables the reader to benefit from a wide range of research intended to reduce risk due to landslide disasters as presented in the first global multi-disciplinary meeting.


Management of Mountain Watersheds

Management of Mountain Watersheds

Author: Josef Krecek

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-04-24

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 9400724764

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The book aims to address the interdisciplinary targets of watershed management in mountain regions based on the current knowledge of the subject. The focus of the book is particularly on monitoring, research, and modelling the interactions between the climate, water cycle, and aquatic ecosystem. The issues of watershed management in mountain regions in different parts of Europe, Africa, America and Asia have been the central theme of the book, which is basically divided into five sections: Institutional aspects in control of mountain regions; Stream-flow processes in mountain catchments; Water chemistry and biota in mountain streams and lakes; Effects of forest practices and climate change on hydrological phenomena; and Soil conservation and control of floods and landslides. The contributions have been peer-reviewed and the interdisciplinary team of authors includes experts from the specialised areas of geography, hydrology, chemistry, biology, forestry, ecology, economy and sociology. The practical applications and management strategies mentioned in the book, deal with the integrated resource management approach, based on the compromise between the development, conservation/ protection of the nature. Finally, the socio-economic and cultural aspects, and ecosystem prevalent in a mountain catchment are discussed in detail.


Landslide Science and Practice

Landslide Science and Practice

Author: Claudio Margottini

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-09-02

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 3642314279

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This book contains peer-reviewed papers from the Second World Landslide Forum, organised by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL), that took place in September 2011. The entire material from the conference has been split into seven volumes, this one is the fifth: 1. Landslide Inventory and Susceptibility and Hazard Zoning, 2. Early Warning, Instrumentation and Monitoring, 3. Spatial Analysis and Modelling, 4. Global Environmental Change, 5. Complex Environment, 6. Risk Assessment, Management and Mitigation, 7. Social and Economic Impact and Policies.


Progress in Landslide Science

Progress in Landslide Science

Author: Kyoji Sassa

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-12-29

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 3540709657

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This book presents current progress in landslide science and consists of four parts: progress in landslide science, landslide dynamics, landslide monitoring, and landslide risk assessment. It provides useful information to those working on landslide risk-mitigation planning. It can be also used as an introductory textbook for college students who wish to learn fundamental scientific achievements in the field of landslide disaster reduction.


Landslide Science for a Safer Geoenvironment

Landslide Science for a Safer Geoenvironment

Author: Kyoji Sassa

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-05-21

Total Pages: 690

ISBN-13: 3319049968

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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.


Landslides

Landslides

Author: Michael J. Crozier

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9780709907909

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Landslide Science and Practice

Landslide Science and Practice

Author: Claudio Margottini

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-07-01

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 364231337X

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This book contains peer-reviewed papers from the Second World Landslide Forum, organised by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL), that took place in September 2011. The entire material from the conference has been split into seven volumes, this one is the fourth: 1. Landslide Inventory and Susceptibility and Hazard Zoning, 2. Early Warning, Instrumentation and Monitoring, 3. Spatial Analysis and Modelling, 4. Global Environmental Change, 5. Complex Environment, 6. Risk Assessment, Management and Mitigation, 7. Social and Economic Impact and Policies.