Landslides: Global Risk Preparedness
Editors: Sassa, K., Rouhban, B., Briceño, S., McSaveney, M., He, B. (Eds.)
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This book presents the global landslide risk preparedness implemented through the International Programme on Landslides (IPL). IPL was initiated by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) in 2002, and developed to a joint international programme by the IPL Global Promotion Committee (UNESCO, WMO, FAO, UNISDR, UNU, ICSU and WFEO as well as ICL) through the 2006 Tokyo Action Plan. The materials consists of four parts: Outline of the International Programme on Landslides & IPL Global Promotion Committee; Achievements of major IPL projects in research and capacity building; World Centres of Excellence on Landslide Risk Reduction (WCoEs) and Landslide School Network; Key documents of IPL and ICL including Tokyo Action Plan, Application of ICL, IPL Projects, WCoEs and Landslide School Network
- Table of contents (26 chapters)
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International Programme on Landslides
Pages 3-24
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Early Warning of Landslides
Pages 27-42
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Social Impact of IPL 101-1 “Landslide Investigation in Inca’s World Heritage, Machu Pichu, Peru”
Pages 43-58
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Assessment of Global Landslide Hazard Hotspots
Pages 59-71
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The Landslide Handbook-a Guide to Understanding Landslides: A Landmark Publication for Landslide Education and Preparedness
Pages 75-84
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Table of contents (26 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Landslides: Global Risk Preparedness
- Editors
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- Kyoji Sassa
- Badaoui Rouhban
- Sálvano Briceño
- Mauri McSaveney
- Bin He
- Copyright
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-642-22087-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-642-22087-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-642-22086-9
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-662-50755-1
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVI, 387
- Topics
