
Landslide Hazards, Risks, and Disasters
by Tim Davies, John F. Shroder, Nick Rosser
2nd Edition
Publisher: Elsevier
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9780128184646 |
| eText ISBN | 9780128226452 |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Publishing Year | 2021 |
| Edition | 2nd Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 696 |
Landslide Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, 2nd Edition, is an interdisciplinary book that examines mass movements and their consequences for society. The volume provides knowledge to support landslide monitoring, prediction, preparedness, and impact reduction.
The text addresses the geological, seismological, physical, environmental, and social impacts of mass movements. It details how landslides can be triggered by earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, and wildfires, while also examining how slope failures can trigger other hazards and disasters.
Designed as a resource for educators, researchers, and disaster managers in geology, geophysics, and environmental science, the book supports hazard analysts, planners, and risk managers. Visual features include tables, maps, diagrams, illustrations, photographs, and video captures of hazardous processes.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Landslide hazards, risks and disasters: introduction
Chapter 2: Landslide causes and triggers
Chapter 3: Landslides in bedrock
Chapter 4: Coseismic landslides
Chapter 5: Volcanic debris avalanches
Chapter 6: Peat landslides
Chapter 7: Rock—snow—ice avalanches
Chapter 8: Multiple landslide-damming episodes
Chapter 9: Rock avalanches onto glaciers
Chapter 10: Paleo-landslides
Chapter 11: Remote sensing of landslide motion with emphasis on satellite multi-temporal interferometry
Chapter 12: Small landslides e frequent, costly and manageable
Chapter 13: Analysis tools for mass movement assessment
Chapter 14: Landslides in a changing climate
Chapter 15: Rockfall hazard and risk
Chapter 16: Reducing landslide disaster impacts
Chapter 17: Geomorphic precursors of large landslides: seismic preconditioning and slope-top benches
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