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Title Mountain risks : from prediction to management and governance / Theo van Asch, Jordi Corominas, Stefan Grieving, Jean-Philippe Malet, Simone Sterlacchini, editors
Published Dordrecht : Springer, [2014]
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Description 1 online resource (413 pages) : illustrations
Series Advances in natural and technological hazards research, 2213-6959 ; v. 34
Advances in natural and technological hazards research ; volume 34.
Contents Introduction: The components of Risk Governance / Stefan Greiving, Cees van Westen, Jordi Corominas, Thomas Glade, Jean-Philippe Malet and Theo van Asch -- Part I: New Techniques for Assessing Mass Movement Hazards -- Innovative Techniques for the Detection and Characterization of the Kinematics of Slow-Moving Landslides / Ping Lu, Alexander Daehne, Julien Travelletti, Nicola Casagli, Alessandro Corsini and Jean-Philippe Malet -- Innovative Techniques for the Characterization of the Morphology, Geometry and Hydrological Features of Slow-Moving Landslides / Ulrich Kniess, Julien Travelletti, Alexander Daehne, Dominika Krzeminska [and 5 others] -- Techniques for the Modelling of the Process Systems in Slow and Fast-Moving Landslides / Alessio Ferrari, Byron Quan Luna, Anke Spickermann, Julien Travelletti [and 7 others]
Part II: Methodologies to Assess the Impact of the Natural Hazards on the Society in Terms of Risks -- Methods for Debris Flow Hazard and Risk Assessment / Byron Quan Luna, Jan Blahut, Mélanie Kappes, Sami Oguzhan Akbas, Jean-Philippe Malet [and 3 others] -- Review and Advances in Methodologies for Rockfall Hazard and Risk Assessment / Olga-Christina Mavrouli, Jacoppo Abbruzzese, Jordi Corominas, Vincent Labiouse -- Medium-Scale Multi-hazard Risk Assessment of Gravitational Processes / Cees van Westen, Melanie S. Kappes, Byron Quan Luna, Simone Frigerio, Thomas Glade and Jean-Philippe Malet -- Methods for the Characterization of the Vulnerability of Elements at Risk / Simone Sterlacchini, Sami Oguzhan Akbas, Jan Blahut, Olga-Christina Mavrouli [and 3 others] -- The Importance of the Lessons Learnt from Past Disasters for Risk Assessment / Carolina Garcia, Jan Blahut, Marjory Angignard and Alessandro Pasuto
Part III: The Response of the Society Towards the Problems of Hazard and Risk -- Disaster Mitigation by Spatial Planning / Stefan Greiving and Marjory Angignard -- Disaster Mitigation by Corrective and Protection Measures / Olga-Christina Mavrouli, Alessandro Corsini and Jordi Corominas -- The Relevance of Legal Aspects, Risk Cultures and Insurance Possibilities for Risk Management / Marjory Angignard, Carolina Garcia, Graciela Peters-Guarin and Stefan Greiving -- The Relevance of Early-Warning Systems and Evacuations Plans for Risk Management / Carolina Garcia, Simone Frigerio, Alexander Daehne, Alessandro Corsini and Simone Sterlacchini -- Risk Assessment: Establishing Practical Thresholds for Acceptable and Tolerable Risks / Graciela Peters-Guarin and Stefan Greiving -- The Use of Geo-information and Modern Visualization Tools for Risk Communication / Simone Frigerio, Melanie Kappes, Jan Blahůt and Grzegorz Skupinski
Summary "This book offers a cross disciplinary treatment of the rapidly growing field of integrated approaches in risk assessment in mountainous areas. All major aspects related to hazard and risk assessment, risk management, and governance are illustrated with a wide range of case studies. The first part of the book focuses on new techniques for assessing the natural hazards of different types of mass movements. State-of-the-art techniques for morphological characterization and monitoring of displacements are described. Computational advances are covered to explain the process systems and to quantify the hazards of fast and slow-moving landslides. In the second part of the book methodologies are included for assessing the impact of these natural hazards on the society in terms of risks. In this part, methodologies for defining the vulnerability of the elements at risk are shown and the use of run-out models for risk assessment of the dangerous rapid mass movements are evaluated. The third part of the book focuses on the response of society towards the problems of hazard and risk. It highlights the role of spatial planning, early warning systems and evacuation plans for risk management. It establishes practical thresholds for acceptable and tolerable risks and emphasizes the importance of education and communication to society"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Mass-wasting -- Risk assessment
Landslide hazard analysis.
Floods -- Risk assessment
Mountains -- Risk assessment
Hazard mitigation.
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology.
Sciences de la terre.
Environnement.
Hazard mitigation
Landslide hazard analysis
Form Electronic book
Author Asch, Th. W. J. van, editor.
ISBN 9789400767690
9400767692