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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...
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22087-6 |
| Summary: |
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. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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9783642220876 (electronic bk.) 3642220878 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | QE599 |
| CLC: | P642.22 |
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IPL Programme -- International Programme on Landslides / Joint Coordinating Projects -- Early Warning of Landslides / Social Impact of IPL 101-1 "Landslide Investigation in Inca's World Heritage, Machu Pichu, Peru" / Assessment of Global Landslide Hazard Hotspots / Projects by Word Centres of Excellence -- The Landslide Handbook-a Guide to Understanding Landslides: A Landmark Publication for Landslide Education and Preparedness / International Summer School on Rockslides and Related Phenomena in the Kokomeren River Basin, Kyrgyzstan / SafeLand: Changing Pattern of Landslides Risk and Strategies for Its Management / Approaches to Landslide Risk Assessment in China / The Share of Landslides in the Occurrence of Natural Hazards and the Significance of El Nin o in the Cordillera Blanca and Cordillera Negra Mountains, Peru / Mechanism of Active Landslides in Flysch / A Numerical Modeling of Dip-slope Failure for Risk Assessment of Earthquake-induced Landslides / Approaches for Promoting Landslide Early Warming in a Changing Climate Scenario / Risk Assessment Technology -- Dynamics and Prediction of Earthquake and Rainfall-induced Rapid Landslides and Submarine Megaslides / Low-cost and Simple Early Warning Systems of Slope Instability / Slope Deformation Caused by Water-level Variation in the Three Gorges Reservoir, China / Landslide Mechanisms and Protection of Highways in Frozen Regions of Northeast China / Evaluation of Landslides in Uzebekistan Caused by the Joint Impact of Precipitation and Deep-focus Pamir-Hindu Earthquakes / Modelling of Landslide Hazards in Kharkov Region of Ukraine Using GIS / Landslide Inventory and Susceptibility Mapping in the Ri o Chiquito-Barranca Del Muerto Watershed, Pico de Orizaba Volcano, Mexico / Landslides and Great Soil Volume Changes Affecting an Urban Area of Barranquilla, Colombia / Risk management and Capacity development -- Landslide Monitoring and Warning Systems in Mexico / Canadian Technical Guidelines and Best Practices Related to Landslides: a National Initiative for Loss Reduction / The Hybrid Socio-Technical System for Strategic Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction in Indonesia / The Croatian-Japanese Joint Research Project on Landslides: Activities and Public Benefits / Landslides in West Africa: Impact, Mechanisms and Management / Capacity Development for Landslides Risk Reduction in India / |