Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides - Volume 5 Landslides in Different Environments (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017)

This volume contains peer-reviewed papers from the Fourth World Landslide Forum organized by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL), the Global Promotion Committee of the International Programme on Landslides (IPL), University of Ljubljana (UL) and Geological Survey of Slovenia in Ljubljana, Slovenia from May 29 to June 2, 2017. The complete collection of papers from the Forum is published in five full-color volumes. This fifth volume contains the following: * Landslide Interactions with the Built Environment * Landslides in Natural Environment * Landslides and Water * Landslides as Environmental Change Proxies: Looking at the Past * Student Papers Prof. Matjaz Mikos is the Forum Chair of the Fourth World Landslide Forum. He is the Vice President of International Consortium on Landslides and President of the Slovenian National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction. Assoc. Prof. Vit Vilimek is the editor of Volume 5. He is member of the Evaluation committee of International Consortium on Landslides and head of the Czech Geomorphological Association. Prof. Yueping Yin is the President of the International Consortium on Landslides and the Chairman of the Committee of Geo-Hazards Prevention of China, and the Chief Geologist of Geo-Hazard Emergency Technology, Ministry of Land and Resources, P.R. China. Prof. Kyoji Sassa is the Founding President of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL). He is Executive Director of ICL and the Editor-in-Chief of International Journal "Landslides" since its foundation in 2004. IPL (International Programme on Landslides) is a programme of the ICL. The programme is managed by the IPL Global Promotion Committee including ICL and ICL supporting organizations, UNESCO, WMO, FAO, UNISDR, UNU, ICSU, WFEO, IUGS and IUGG. The IPL contributes to the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and the ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships 2015-2025.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	December 2018
First published:	2017
Editors:	Matjaz Mikos • Vit Vilimek • Yueping Yin • Kyoji Sassa
Dimensions:	279 x 210mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	557
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-010414-6
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental impact of natural disasters & phenomena Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Meteorology > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > Sustainability Promotions
LSN:	3-03-010414-1
Barcode:	9783030104146

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