Landslide Dynamics: ISDR-ICL Landslide Interactive Teaching Tools - Volume 1: Fundamentals, Mapping and Monitoring

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. As the core activity of the Sendai Partnerships, the International Consortium of Landslides has created this two-volume work, which will be regularly updated and improved over the coming years, based on responses from users and lessons learned during its application.

List of contents

Fundamentals.- Part 1: Mapping and Site Prediction.- Basic Mapping.- Site Prediction Using GIS.- Field Guidelines.- Part 2: Monitoring and Early Warning.- Remote Sensing Techniques for Landslide Monitoring.- Monitoring Systems Instrumentation.- Rainfall Threshold for Landslide Prediction.- Landslide Time Prediction from Pre-failure Movement Monitoring.- Guidelines for Landslide Monitoring and Early Warning Systems.

Summary

Provides numerous teaching tools from a variety of international organizations/institutes

Includes guidelines for monitoring, modeling, and capacity development 
Richly illustrated

Product details

• Assisted by: ¿Eljko Arbanas (Editor), Zeljko Arbanas (Editor), Željko Arbanas (Editor), Nicola Casagli (Editor), Khang Dang (Editor), Faust Guzzetti (Editor), Fausto Guzzetti (Editor), Mauri McSaveney (Editor), Kyoji Sassa (Editor), Hiromitsu Yamagishi (Editor), Hiromitsu Yamagishi et al (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2019
• EAN: 9783319862453
• ISBN: 978-3-31-986245-3
• No. of pages: 604
• Dimensions: 179 mm x 256 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 1430 g
• Illustrations: XVII, 604 p. 477 illus., 435 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous; B, Education, Learning, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Earth and Environmental Science, Learning & Instruction, Teaching skills & techniques, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Earth Sciences, Physical geography, Geographical information systems & remote sensing, Instruction, Remote sensing, Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry, Natural disasters, Natural Hazards, Geotechnical engineering, Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences, Environmental Monitoring, Monitoring/Environmental Analysis, Geomorphology, Geomorphology & geological surface processes