Sassa / Canuti Landslides - Disaster Risk Reduction

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-3-540-69970-5
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 650 Seiten, eBook

This book documents the First World Landslide Forum, which was jointly organized by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL), eight UN organizations (UNESCO, WMO, FAO, UN/ISDR, UNU, UNEP, World Bank, UNDP) and four NGOs (International Council for Science, World Federation of Engineering Organizations, Kyoto Univ. and Japan Landslide Society) in Tokyo in 2008.The material consists of four parts: The Open Forum "Progress of IPL Activities; Four Thematic Lectures in the Plenary Symposium "Global Landslide Risk Reduction"; Six Keynote Lectures in the Plenary session; and the aims and overviews of eighteen parallel sessions (dealing with various aspects necessary for landslide disaster risk reduction such as: observations from space; climate change and slope instability; landslides threatening heritage sites; the economic and social impact of landslides; monitoring, prediction and early warning; and risk-management strategies in urban area, etc.)Thus it enables the reader to benefit from a wide range of research intended to reduce risk due to landslide disasters as presented in the first global multi-disciplinary meeting.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sassa, Kyoji

Canuti, Paolo

Canuti, Philippo

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Progress of IPL Activities.- Progress of the International Programme on Landslides (IPL) – Objectives of the IPL and the World Landslide Forum.- Projects of International Programme on Landslides.- Keynote Lectures.- Landslide Risk Assessment and Mitigation Strategy.- Understanding to Predict.- Mechanics-Based Approach Toward the Mitigation of Debris Flow Disasters.- Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences: An Overview.- Satellite Remote Sensing Applications for Landslide Detection and Monitoring.- Huge Landslides Caused by Massive Earthquakes and Long-Lasting Geotechnical Risks.- The Increasing Wildfire and Post-Fire Debris-Flow Threat in Western USA, and Implications for Consequences of Climate Change.- Recovery of the Buddha's Niches and Cliff in Bamiyan (Central Afghanistan) after the Taliban Destruction of 2001.- Achievements of IPL Projects.- Assessment of Global High-Risk Landslide Disaster Hotspots.- International Summer School on Rockslides and Related Phenomena in the Kokomeren River Valley, Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan.- Landslide Investigation and Capacity Building in the Machu Picchu – Aguas Calientes Area (IPL C101-1).- Monitoring, Geomorphological Evolution and Slope Stability of Inca Citadel of Machu Picchu: Results from Italian INTERFRASI project.- Dilatometric and Extensometric Monitoring of Rock Blocks Displacements Within Machu Picchu Archaeological Site, Peru.- Geophysical Surveys at Machu Picchu, Peru: Results for Landslide Hazard Investigations.- Integration of VHR Satellite Images with Field Data for the Analysis of Debris Sheet Instability in the Machu Picchu Area.- Parallel Sessions.- A Look from Space.- Mapping: Inventories, Susceptibility, Hazard and Risk.- Monitoring, Prediction and Early Warning.- Catastrophic Slides and Avalanches.-Cultural Heritage and Landslides: Research for Risk Prevention and Conservation.- Landslides and Multi-Hazards.- Rainfall, Debris Flows and Wildfires.- Case Studies and National Experiences.- Education, Capacity Building and Public Awareness for Disaster Reduction.- International Cooperation Initiatives.- Policy and Institutional Framework for Landslide Mitigation and Risk Reduction.- Climate Change and Slope Instability.- Economic and Social Impacts of Landslides.- Environmental Impact of Landslides.- Engineering Measures for Landslide Disaster Mitigation.- Watershed and Forest Management for Landslide Risk Reduction.