Landslides/landslide Mitigation
Landslides/landslide Mitigation

Author: James E. Slosson

Publisher: Geological Society of America

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 0813741092

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This book provides a variety of case histories; methods to identify, quantify, and mitigate landslides; and recent legal cases affecting engineering geology.

U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin
U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin

Author: Gilpin R. Robinson (Jr.)

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13:

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A multidisciplinary study of the geomorphic effects of a severe storm in a mountainous area of the Appalachians.

Progress of Geo-Disaster Mitigation Technology in Asia
Progress of Geo-Disaster Mitigation Technology in Asia

Author: Fawu Wang

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-09-05

Total Pages: 609

ISBN-13: 3642291074

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This book includes the recent 10-year achievement of geo-disaster mitigation by leading Asian scientists from Japan, China, Indonesia, Korea, Iran and Far East of Russia. Case studies on recent occurred geo-disasters in Asian region have been presented. The forming mechanics of hazards such as earthquake and landslide are deeply discussed, and the disaster mitigation technology for building and pipeline safety, landslide hazard assessment and risk management are introduced.

Debris-flow Hazards and Related Phenomena
Debris-flow Hazards and Related Phenomena

Author: Matthias Jakob

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-12-26

Total Pages: 795

ISBN-13: 3540271295

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With climate change and deforestation, debris flows and debris avalanches have become the most significant landslide hazards in many countries. In recent years there have been numerous debris flow avalanches in Southern Europe, South America and the Indian Subcontinent, resulting in major catastrophes and large loss of life. This is therefore a major high-profile problem for the world's governments and for the engineers and scientists concerned. Matthias Jakob and Oldrich Hungr are ideally suited to edit this book. Matthias Jakob has worked on debris flow for over a decade and has had numerous papers published on the topic, as well as working as a consultant on debris flow for municipal and provincial governments. Oldrich Hungr has worked on site investigations on debris flow, avalanches and rockfall, with emphasis on slope stability analysis and evaluation of risks to roads in built-up areas. He has also developed mathematical models for landslide dynamic analysis. They have invited world-renowned experts to joint them in this book.

Human Activities and the Tropical Rainforest
Human Activities and the Tropical Rainforest

Author: Bernard K. Maloney

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-11-11

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 9401718008

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Arising initially from a conference, the papers published here have been integrated into book form to provide information on human activities and the tropical rainforest in the past and present, and on the possible future of the rainforest, in a unique way. Other books have considered some, but not all, of these themes; however, none has stressed the continuity of change over time and its possible outcome for the people of the forest as well as for the forest itself. Because of the approach taken, this book should appeal across traditional disciplinary boundaries. Indeed a prime aim has been to suggest that rainforest, because of its complexity and the complexity of people-rainforest relationships throughout time, deserves study from a broad perspective. This book poses more questions than answers about the rainforest and it is hoped that it will encourage readers to think about the rainforest in a wider way than hitherto. This book is aimed at geographers (physical and human), social anthropologists, archaeologists, pedologists, foresters and tropical botanists and will be of value to graduates of various disciplines setting out to research the rainforest.