Landslide Dynamics: ISDR-ICL Landslide Interactive Teaching Tools - Volume 2: Testing, Risk Management and Country Practices

This interactive book presents comprehensive information on the fundamentals of landslide types and dynamics, while also providing a set of PPT, PDF, and text tools for education and capacity development. It is the second part of a two-volume work created as the core activity of the Sendai Partnerships, the International Consortium of Landslides. The book will be regularly updated and improved over the coming years, based on responses from users and lessons learned during its application.

List of contents

Part 3: Risk Assessment.- Numerical Modeling and Simulation.- Physical and Mathematical Modeling.- Laboratory Soil Testing for Landslide Analysis.- Analysis and Assessment of Landslides.- Part 4: Risk Management and Country Practices.- Landslide Risk Management.- Community Risk Management.- Country Practices.

Summary

Provides numerous teaching tools from a variety of international organizations/institutes
Includes guidelines for monitoring, modeling, and risk mitigation
Covers mathematical and physical analysis and monitoring related to landslides

Product details

• Assisted by: Ko-Fei Liu (Editor), Ko-Fei Liu et al (Editor), Mauri McSaveney (Editor), Kyoji Sassa (Editor), Hendy Setiawan (Editor), Alexander Strom (Editor), Bino Tiwari (Editor), Binod Tiwari (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9783319577760
• ISBN: 978-3-31-957776-0
• No. of pages: 836
• Dimensions: 185 mm x 262 mm x 40 mm
• Weight: 1896 g
• Illustrations: XVIII, 836 p. 593 illus., 560 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous; B, Earth and Environmental Science, Applications of Mathematics, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Earth Sciences, Mathematical physics, Physical geography, Geographical information systems & remote sensing, Mathematical modelling, Remote sensing, Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry, Natural disasters, Natural Hazards, Geotechnical engineering, Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences, Environmental Monitoring, Monitoring/Environmental Analysis, Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences, Geomorphology, Geomorphology & geological surface processes