Landslides
Landslides

Author: S. Mambretti

Publisher: WIT Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 1845646509

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This volume is the second in the new Safety and Security Engineering series that is designed to provide a comprehensive view on risk mitigation. This volume is devoted to landslides and debris flow, addressing the need for a better understanding of these increasingly frequent phenomena. With better understanding comes a greater ability to manage the attendant risk.The present volume contains selected research papers presented at Wessex Institute of Technology Conferences. The book will be a valuable reference for professionals, scientists, and managers concerned with prediction and management of the risk of landslides and debris flows.

Disaster Management and Human Health Risk
Disaster Management and Human Health Risk

Author: Kirsty Duncan

Publisher: WIT Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 1845642023

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Today the world faces unparalleled threats from human-made disasters that can be attributed to failure of industrial and energy installation as well as to terrorism. Added to this is the unparalleled threat of emerging and re-emerging diseases, with scientists predicting events such as an influenza pandemic.

Geotechnical Hazards
Geotechnical Hazards

Author: Z. Lisac

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2020-12-17

Total Pages: 907

ISBN-13: 1000100154

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The contributions to this volume examine: geotechnical hazard acknowledging the deversity of local ground conditions and environmental factors which play a decisive role in designing engineering structures in Danubian countries.