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Title:
Landslide science and practice. Volume 7, Social and economic impact and policies
Publication Information:
Heidelberg ; New York : Springer, c2013
Physical Description:
xvi, 333 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
ISBN:
9783642313127
Abstract:
This book contains peer-reviewed papers from the Second World Landslide Forum, organised by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL), that took place in September 2011. The entire material from the conference has been split into seven volumes, this one is the seventh: "Landslide Inventory and Susceptibility and Hazard Zoning", "Early Warning, Instrumentation and Monitoring", "Spatial Analysis and Modelling", "Global Environmental Change", "Complex Environment", "Risk Assessment, Management and Mitigation", and "Social and Economic Impact and Policies."

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This book contains peer-reviewed papers from the Second World Landslide Forum, organised by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL), that took place in September 2011. The entire material from the conference has been split into seven volumes, this one is the seventh:1. Landslide Inventory and Susceptibility and Hazard Zoning,2. Early Warning, Instrumentation and Monitoring,3. Spatial Analysis and Modelling,4. Global Environmental Change,5. Complex Environment,6. Risk Assessment, Management and Mitigation,7. Social and Economic Impact and Policies.


Table of Contents

Risk management in Multi-hazard environment
Landslides and socio-economic impact basic data and loss modeling
Landslides (and legislation), policies, cost benefit analysis and decision makers
Landslide education, training and capacity development