Landslides : processes, prediction, and land use / Roy C. Sidle, Hirotaka Ochiai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sidle, Roy C.

Contributor:

Ochiai, Hirotaka.

Series:

Water resources monograph 0170-9600 ; 18.

Water resources monograph, 0170-9600 ; 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Landslides.

Landslide hazard analysis.

Physical Description:

viii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Geophysical Union, [2006]

Summary:

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the WaterResources Monograph Series, Volume 18. Landslides are a constant in shaping our landscape. Whether bylarge episodic, or smaller chronic, mass movements, our mountains,hills, valleys, rivers, and streams bear evidence of change fromlandslides. Combined with anthropogenic factors, especially thedevelopment and settlement of unstable terrain, landslides (asnatural processes) have become natural disasters. This book charts our understanding of landslide processes,prediction methods, and related land use issues. How and where dolandslides initiate? What are the human and economic consequences?What hazard assessment and prediction methods are available, andhow well do they work? How does land use, from timber harvestingand road building to urban and industrial development, affectlandslide distribution in time and space? And what is the effect ofland use and climate change on landslides? This book responds to such questions with: * Synopses of how various land uses and management activitiesinfluence landslide behavior * Analyses of earth surface processes that affect landslidefrequency and extent * Examples of prediction techniques and methods of landslidehazard assessment, including scales of application * Discussion of landslide types and related costs anddamages Those who study landslides, and those who deal with landslides,from onset to after-effects--including researchers, engineers,land managers, educators, students, and policy makers--willfind this work a benchmark reference, now and for years tocome.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-306) and index.

ISBN:

0875903223

OCLC:

67392844

Publisher Number:

9780875903224