Landslide Hazard and Risk
Landslide Hazard and Risk

Author: Thomas Glade

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2005-04-15

Total Pages: 836

ISBN-13: 9780471486633

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With the increasing need to take an holistic view of landslide hazard and risk, this book overviews the concept of risk research and addresses the sociological and psychological issues resulting from landslides. Its integrated approach offers understanding and ability for concerned organisations, landowners, land managers, insurance companies and researchers to develop risk management solutions. Global case studies illustrate a variety of integrated approaches, and a concluding section provides specifications and contexts for the next generation of process models.

Geological Hazards in the UK
Geological Hazards in the UK

Author: D.P. Giles

Publisher: Geological Society of London

Published: 2020-06-09

Total Pages: 499

ISBN-13: 1786204614

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The UK is perhaps unique globally in that it presents the full spectrum of geological time, stratigraphy and associated lithologies within its boundaries. With this wide range of geological assemblages comes a wide range of geological hazards, whether they be geophysical (earthquakes, effects of volcanic eruptions, tsunami, landslides), geotechnical (collapsible, compressible, liquefiable, shearing, swelling and shrinking soils), geochemical (dissolution, radon and methane gas hazards) or georesource related (coal, chalk and other mineral extraction). An awareness of these hazards and the risks that they pose is a key requirement of the engineering geologist. The Geological Society considered that a Working Party Report would help to put the study and assessment of geohazards into the wider social context, helping the engineering geologist to better communicate the issues concerning geohazards in the UK to the client and the public. This volume sets out to define and explain these geohazards, to detail their detection, monitoring and management and to provide a basis for further research and understanding.

South West Sea Kayaking
South West Sea Kayaking

Author: Mark Rainsley

Publisher: Echo eBooks Limited

Published: 2011-04-01

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1906095280

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The south-west coast of England is described in 50 great sea kayaking voyages, from the Severn Estuary to the Isle of Wight. The book also presents all the navigational and tidal information a sea kayaker needs on this section of coast.

Landslide Risk Assessment
Landslide Risk Assessment

Author: David Cruden

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-05-02

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1351435868

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The 25 papers collected together in this volume present comprehensive coverage of all major aspects of landslide risk assessment, including the risk assessment framework, and methods for estimating probability of landsliding vulnerability and risk.

Slope Stability Engineering
Slope Stability Engineering

Author: Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain)

Publisher: Thomas Telford

Published: 1991-04-15

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 9780727716606

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This volume draws on the experience and extensive research of an international authorship to bring together details on slope stability, causes of landslides, landslide prevention, new techniques for assessing and predicting stability, new methods for stabilising slopes and the special considerations for coastal situations.