Landslide Science for a Safer Geoenvironment - Vol.1: The International Programme on Landslides (IPL)

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.

List of contents

Progress in Large-scale Landslide Studies in China.- Progress in Living with landslide risk in Europe.- Progress in Regional landslide hazard assessment.- Progress in Landslide Dynamics.- International Programme on Landslides.- Thematic and Regional Networks on Landslides.- Policy, Legislation and Guidelines on Landslides.- Climate & Landuse Change Impacts on Landslides.- Recognition and Mechanics of Landslide.- Risk Controlling on Landslides for Key Facilities and Urbanization.- General Landslide Studies.- Building Resilient Landscapes.- Selected papers from Student session and 'Landslide Teaching tools'.

Product details

• Assisted by: Paol Canuti (Editor), Paolo Canuti (Editor), Kyoji Sassa (Editor), Yueping Yin (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9783319353050
• ISBN: 978-3-31-935305-0
• No. of pages: 493
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 24 mm x 279 mm
• Weight: 1469 g
• Illustrations: L, 493 p. 472 illus., 434 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; C, Earth and Environmental Science, Geoengineering, Environmental Management, Meteorology & climatology, Foundations, Geochemistry, Hydraulics, Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics, Engineering—Geology, Natural disasters, Engineering geology, Natural Hazards