Landslide Hazards, Risks, and Disasters

An updated and revised examination of major aspects of mass movements and their consequences, including monitoring, prediction, preparedness and reduction of the impacts of landslides on society

John F. Shroder (Editor-in-chief), Tim Davies (Edited by), Nick Rosser (Edited by)

9780128184646

Paperback, published 21 October 2021

696 pages, Approx. 150 illustrations (150 in full color)
23.5 x 19 x 4.2 cm, 1.11 kg

Approx.674 pages

1.Landslide hazards, risks and disasters: introduction
2. Landslide causes and triggers
3. Landslides in bedrock
4. Coseismic landslides
5. Volcanic debris avalanches
6. Peat landslides
7. Rock—snow—ice avalanches
8. Multiple landslide-damming episodes
9. Rock avalanches onto glaciers
10. Paleo-landslides
11. Remote sensing of landslide motion with emphasis on satellite multi-temporal interferometry
12. Small landslides e frequent, costly and manageable
13. Analysis tools for mass movement assessment
14. Landslides in a changing climate
15. Rockfall hazard and risk
16. Reducing landslide disaster impacts
17. Geomorphic precursors of large landslides: seismic preconditioning and slope-top benches

Subject Areas: Natural disasters [RNR], Nuclear issues [RNQ], The environment [RN], Geology & the lithosphere [RBG], Earth sciences [RB], Geophysics [PHVG], Social impact of disasters [JFFC]