Landslides and Climate Change: Challenges and Solutions - Proceedings of International Conference on Landslides Climate

Informationen zum Autor Robin McInnes, Jenny Jakeways, Helen Fairbank, Emma Mathie Zusammenfassung Investigates the relationship between landslides and climate change. Considers proactive approaches to hazard and risk management, combining geohazard modelling and prediction with effective risk management and informed planning policy, as a means of safeguarding the sustainability of communities at risk. Inhaltsverzeichnis Session 1 Experience of the historical impacts of climate change on natural hazards Session 2 Facing the challenge - landslides (and other natural hazards) and climate change Session 3 Advances in hazard modelling and prediction (short- and long-term) Session 4 Experience of landslide hazard and risk management and better practices for the future Session 5 Isle of Wight case studies Session 6 Responding to climate change impacts at the coast Session 7 Safer societies and sustainable communities Session 8 Risk governance - making better planning policies and decisions

Product details

• Authors: Robin Jakeways Mcinnes
• Assisted by: Helen Fairbank (Editor), Fairbank Helen (Editor), Jenny Jakeways (Editor), Jakeways Jenny (Editor), Emma Mathie (Editor), Mathie Emma (Editor), Robin McInnes (Editor), McInnes Robin (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.05.2007
• EAN: 9780415443180
• ISBN: 978-0-415-44318-0
• No. of pages: 514
• Dimensions: 191 mm x 254 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Heat, energy and power station engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Structural, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Civil engineering, surveying and building