Landslide Hazards, Risks, and Disasters examines the major aspects of mass movements and their consequences, and provides knowledge to form the basis for more complete and accurate monitoring, prediction, preparedness, and reduction of the impacts of landslides on society. The frequency and intensity of landslide hazards and disasters has consistently increased over the past century, and this trend will continue as society increasingly utilizes steep landscapes. Landslides and related phenomena can be triggered by other hazard and disaster processes-such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, and wildfires-and they can also cause other hazards and disasters, making them a uniquely multi-disciplinary challenge. This new edition of Landslide Hazards, Risks, and Disasters is fully updated and includes completely new chapters, covering even more pertinent topics from submarine landslides, to landslide interactions and impacts, to geomorphic perspectives. Knowledge, understanding and ability to model landslide processes are becoming increasingly important as society extends its occupation of increasingly hilly and mountainous terrain, making this book a key resource for researchers and disaster managers in geophysics, geology, and environmental science. Provides an interdisciplinary perspective on the geological, seismological, physical, environmental, and social impacts of landslidesPresents the latest research on causality, economic impacts, fatality rates, and landslide and problem soil preparedness and mitigationIncludes numerous tables, maps, diagrams, illustrations, photographs, and videos of hazardous processesDiscusses steps for prevention and response to landslide hazards and problem soils INDICE: 1. Landslide Hazards, Risks, and Disasters: Introduction 2. Landslide Causes and Triggers 3. Mass Movement 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. Paleolandslides 11. Remote Sensing of Landslide Motion with Emphasis on Satellite Multitemporal Interferometry Applications: An Overview 12. Small Landslides-Frequent, Costly, and Manageable 13. Analysis Tools for Mass Movement Assessment 14. Remote Detection of Landslide Occurrence and Dynamics 15. Submarine Landslides 16. Landslide Fatalities 17. Rockfall 18. Interactions of Landslides and Rivers 19. Landslides - Debris Flows 20. Geomorphic Perspective on Landslides 21. Reducing Impacts of Landslide Disasters
- ISBN: 978-0-12-818464-6
- Editorial: Elsevier
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 870
- Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2020
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés