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Landslide hazards, risks, and disasters
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"Landslides are the most costly geo-hazard in the world, and they're often the cause or the result of other hazards and disasters such as tsunamis, earthquakes, wildfires, and volcanic eruptions. L...
"Landslides are the most costly geo-hazard in the world, and they're often the cause or the result of other hazards and disasters such as tsunamis, earthquakes, wildfires, and volcanic eruptions. Landslide Hazards, Risks, and Disasters makes a close and detailed examination of major mass movements and provides measures for more thorough and accurate monitoring, prediction, preparedness, and prevention. It takes a geoscientific approach to the topic while also discussing the impacts human-induced causes such as deforestation, blasting, and building construction--underscoring the multi-disciplinary nature of the topic"--Provided by publisher.
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- Creator
- volume editor, Tim Davies
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, [2014]
- ©2015
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource
- text file PDF
- ISBNs
- 9780123964755, 012396475X, 9780123964526, 0123964520, 9780123964526
- OCLC
- ocn894082833
- References.
- Front Cover; Landslide Hazards, Risks, and Disasters; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Editorial Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1 -- Landslide Hazards, Risks, and Disasters: Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Understanding landslide hazards; 1.3 Understanding landslide risks; 1.4 Understanding future landslide disasters; 1.5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 2 -- Landslide Causes and Triggers; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Concept of instability; 2.3 Stability factors; 2.4 Summary and conclusion; References; Chapter 3 -- Mass Movement in Bedrock; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Rock materials
- 3.3 Mass movement characteristics; 3.4 Mass movement types; 3.5 Case studies; 3.6 Recognition and response; 3.7 Risk management in rock slopes; References; Chapter 4 -- Coseismic Landslides; 4.1 Seismically triggered landslides; 4.2 Mechanics of earthquake-induced landslides; 4.3 Stability analysis and hazard assessment; 4.4 Limitations of current understanding; References; Chapter 5 -- Volcanic debris avalanches; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Volcanic debris avalanches; 5.3 Types of volcanic landslides; 5.4 Deep-seated volcanic landslide deformation: priming and triggers
- 5.5 Deep-seated volcano gravitational deformation; 5.6 Regional tectonic influences; 5.7 Priming of volcanic landslides; 5.8 Triggering volcanic landslides; 5.9 The structure of volcanic landslides; 5.10 Volcanic landslide deposits; 5.11 Debris avalanche textures and structures; 5.12 Secondary hazards of volcanic landslides; 5.13 Volcanic landslide transport mechanisms; 5.14 Hazards from volcanic landslides; 5.15 Summary; References; Chapter 6 -- Peat landslides; 6.1 Introduction and background; 6.2 The nature of peat, its structure, and material properties
- 6.3Morphology and classification of peat landslides; 6.4 Relationship between landslide type and peat stratigraphy; 6.5 Impacts of peat landslides; 6.6 The runout of peat landslides; 6.7 Slope stability analysis of peat landslides and geotechnical properties; 6.8 Historical perspective on the frequency of peat landslides; 6.9 The future incidence of peat landslides; 6.10 Conclusion; references; Chapter 7 -- Rock-snow-ice avalanches; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Rapid mass movements on glaciers; 7.3 RSI avalanche propagation; 7.4 Implications for hazard assessment; 7.5 Conclusions; References
- Chapter 8 -- Multiple Landslide-Damming Episodes; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Previous work on landslide dams; 8.3 Landslide-dam episodes: lessons from case studies; 8.4 Discussion; 8.5 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 9 -- Rock Avalanches onto Glaciers; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Processes; 9.3 Consequences; 9.4 Case studies; 9.5 Conclusions; References; Chapter 10 -- Paleolandslides; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 significance of paleolandslides; 10.3 recognition and mapping; 10.4 dating paleolandslides; 10.5 temporal bias; 10.6 role in landscape evolution; 10.7 risk assessment; 10.8 conclusion