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Author:   Theo Van Asch ,  Jordi Corominas ,  Stefan Greiving ,  Jean-Philippe Malet
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Volume:   34
Weight:   7.217kg
ISBN:  

9789402405736

ISBN 10:   9402405739
Pages:   413
Publication Date:   18 September 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Preface.- 1. Introduction: The components of risk governance.- Part I : New techniques for assessing mass movement hazards.- 2. Innovative techniques for the detection and characterization of the kinematics of slow-moving landslides.- 3. Innovative techniques for the characterization of the morphology, geometry and hydrological features of slow-moving landslides.- 4. Techniques for the modelling of the process systems in slow and fast-moving landslides.- Part II: Methodologies to assess the impact of the natural hazards on the society in terms of risks.- 5. Methods for debris flow hazard and risk assessment.- 6. Advances in methodologies for rockfall hazard and risk assessments.- 7. Medium-scale multi-hazard risk assessment of gravitational processes.- 8. Methods for the characterization of the vulnerability of elements at risk.- 9. The importance of the lessons learnt from past disasters for risk assessment.- Part III: The response of the Society towards the problems of hazard and risk.- 10. Disaster mitigation by spatial planning.- 11. Disaster mitigation by corrective and protection measures.- 12. The relevance of legal aspects, risk cultures and insurance possibilities for risk management.- 13. The relevance of Early-Warning Systems and evacuation plans for risk management.- 14. Risk assessment: Establishing practical thresholds for acceptable and tolerable risks.- 15.  The use of geo-information and modern visualization tools for risk communication.- Index.

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This is a very interesting and useful volume that represents an important contribution to the field. ... the book integrates both natural and social sciences and provides useful reviews of the state of the art in a wide variety of areas of risk assessment and management. ... chapters that examine different aspects of risk assessment are very valuable and deserve to be widely read. It will be of interest to both the research and the practitioner communities. (David Petley, Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 35 (2), May, 2015)

“This is a very interesting and useful volume that represents an important contribution to the field. … the book integrates both natural and social sciences and provides useful reviews of the state of the art in a wide variety of areas of risk assessment and management. … chapters that examine different aspects of risk assessment are very valuable and deserve to be widely read. It will be of interest to both the research and the practitioner communities.” (David Petley, Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 35 (2), May, 2015)

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