{"product_id":"landslide-hazard-and-risk-9780471486633","title":"Landslide Hazard and Risk","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the increasing need to take an holistic view of landslide hazard and risk, this book overviews the concept of risk research and addresses the sociological and psychological issues resulting from landslides.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Contributors.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Preface.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. Landslide Hazard and Risk: Issues, Concepts, and Approach(M. J. Crozier and T. Glade).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part I: Conceptual Models in Approaching LandslideRisk.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2. The nature of landslide hazard impact (T. Glade \u0026amp; M.Crozier).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3. A review of scale dependency in landslide hazard and risk(T. Glade \u0026amp; M. Crozier).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4. Systematic procedures of landslide-hazard mapping for riskassessment using spatial prediction models (Chang-Jo F. Chung\u0026amp; Andrea G. Fabbri).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5.Vulnerability to landslides (David Alexander).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part II: Evaluation of Risk.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6. Landslide risk perception, knowledge, and associated riskmanagement: Case studies and general lessons from Glacier NationalPark, Montana, USA (David R. Butler \u0026amp; Lisa M.DeChano).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7. Cultural consideration in landslide risk perception (GarthHarmsworth \u0026amp; Bill Raynor).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8 Reply of insurance industry to landslide risk (Hans-LeoPaus).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 9. The role of administrative bodies in landslide riskassessment (Kurt Hollenstein).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 10. Addressing landslide hazards: Towards a knowledge managementperspective (S. Michaels).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part III: Management of Landslide Risk.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 11. Management frameworks for landslide hazard and risk: issuesand options (M. J. Crozier).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 12. Reducing landslide hazards and risk in the United States:The role of the U. S. Geological Survey (G. F. Wieczorek, P. L.Gori \u0026amp; L. M. Highland).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 13. Basic data and decision support for landslide management: Aconceptual framework (Walter Pfluegner).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 14. Instability management from policy to practice (R.McInnes).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 15. Geomorphologic mapping to assess landslide risk: concepts,methods and applications in the Umbria Region of central Italy(Paola Reichenbach, Mirco Galli, Mauro Cardinali, FaustoGuzzetti \u0026amp; Francesca Ardizzone).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 16. Remote sensing of landslides (Vern Singhroy).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 17. The rise and fall of a debris-flow warning system for theSan Francisco Bay Region, California (Raymond C.Wilson).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 18. Reforestation schemes to manage regional landslide risk(Chris Phillips \u0026amp; Michael Marden).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 19. Geotechnical structures for landslide risk reduction(Edward Nicholas Bromhead).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part IV: 'End-to-End Solutions' for LandslideRisk Assessment.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 20. Towards the development of a landslide risk assessment forrural roads in Nepal (D. Petley, G. J. Hearn \u0026amp; A.Hart).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 21. Quantitative landslide risk assessment of Cairns, Australia(Marion Michael-Leiba, Fred Baynes, Greg Scott \u0026amp; KenGranger).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 22. The story of quantified risk and its place in slope safetypolicy in Hong Kong (A. W. Malone).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 23. Rockfall risk management in high density urban areas. TheAndorran experience (Ramon Copons, Joan Manuel Vilaplana, JordiCorominas, Joan Altimir \u0026amp; Jordi Amigó).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 24. Landslide risk assessment in Italy (MarinoSorriso-Valvo).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 25. An initial approach to identifying slope stability controlsin southern Java and to providing community-based landslide warninginformation (D. Karnawati, I. Ibriam, M. G. Anderson, E. A.Holcombe, G. T. Mummery, J-P. Renaud \u0026amp; Y. Wang).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part V: Synopsis.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 26. Landslide hazard and risk - concluding comment andperspectives (T. Glade \u0026amp; M. Crozier).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Glossary.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Thematic Index.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Locations\/regions.","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53515428299095,"sku":"9780471486633","price":219.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/landslide-hazard-and-risk-9780471486633","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}