Landslides: Global Risk Preparedness

This book presents the global landslide risk preparedness implemented through the International Programme on Landslides (IPL). IPL was initiated by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) in 2002, and developed to a joint international programme by the IPL Global Promotion Committee (UNESCO, WMO, FAO, UNISDR, UNU, ICSU and WFEO as well as ICL) through the 2006 Tokyo Action Plan. The materials consists of four parts: Outline of the International Programme on Landslides & IPL Global Promotion Committee; Achievements of major IPL projects in research and capacity building; World Centres of Excellence on Landslide Risk Reduction (WCoEs) and Landslide School Network; Key documents of IPL and ICL including Tokyo Action Plan, Application of ICL, IPL Projects, WCoEs and Landslide School Network

List of contents

IPL Programme.- Joint Coordinating Projects.- Projects by World Centres of Excellence.- Risk Assessment Technology.- Risk Management and Capacity Development.

Summary

This book presents the global landslide risk preparedness implemented through the International Programme on Landslides (IPL). IPL was initiated by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) in 2002, and developed to a joint international programme by the IPL Global Promotion Committee (UNESCO, WMO, FAO, UNISDR, UNU, ICSU and WFEO as well as ICL) through the 2006 Tokyo Action Plan. The materials consists of four parts: Outline of the International Programme on Landslides & IPL Global Promotion Committee; Achievements of major IPL projects in research and capacity building; World Centres of Excellence on Landslide Risk Reduction (WCoEs) and Landslide School Network; Key documents of IPL and ICL including Tokyo Action Plan, Application of ICL, IPL Projects, WCoEs and Landslide School Network

Product details

• Assisted by: Sálvano Briceño (Editor), Sálvano Briceño et al (Editor), Bin He (Editor), Mauri McSaveney (Editor), Badaou Rouhban (Editor), Badaoui Rouhban (Editor), Kyoji Sassa (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9783662507551
• ISBN: 978-3-662-50755-1
• No. of pages: 387
• Dimensions: 195 mm x 261 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 849 g
• Illustrations: XVI, 387 p. 293 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous; B, Earth and Environmental Science, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Earth System Sciences, Geoecology/Natural Processes, Geoecology, Environmental geology, Natural disasters, Natural Hazards, Geotechnical engineering, Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences