TY  - BOOK
AU  - Alcantara,Irasema
AU  - Goudie,Andrew
TI  - Geomorphological hazards and disaster prevention
SN  - 9780521769259 (hbk.)
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Natural disasters
KW  - Geomorphology
KW  - Hazardous geographic environments
KW  - Risk assessment
KW  - Prevention
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Regional seismic shaking hazards in mountains; William B. Bull --; Volcanic hazards and risks : a geomorphological perspective; Jean-Claude Thouret --; Mountain hazards; Olav Slaymaker --; Review and future challenges in snow avalanche risk analysis; Michael Br✹dl ... [et al.] --; Landslide hazards; David Petley --; Catastrophic landslides and sedimentary budgets; Monique Fort ... [et al.] -- Landslides and climatic change; Lisa Borgatti and Mauro Soldati --; The hazardousness of high-magnitude floods; Avijit Gupta --; Flood hazards : the context of fluvial geomorphology; Gerardo Benito and Paul F. Hudson --; Geomorphology and coastal hazards; Harley J. Walker and Molly McGraw --; Weathering hazards; Andrew S. Goudie and Heather Viles --; Hazards associated with karst; Francisco Gutirez --; Soil erosion; Andrew S. Goudie and John Boardman --; Desertification and land degradation in arid and semi-arid regions; Yang Xiaoping --; Dune migration and encroachment; Andrew S. Goudie --; GIS for the assessment of risk from geomorphological hazards; Cees J. van Westen --; Hazard assessment for risk analysis and risk management; Michael Crozier and Thomas Glade --; Vulnerability analysis in geomorphic risk assessment; Gabi Hufschmidt and Thomas Glade --; Geomorphological hazards and global climate change; Andrew S. Goudie --; Geomorphic hazards and sustainable development; David Higgitt --; Geomorphology and disaster prevention; Irasema Alctra-Alaya --; Geomorphology and the international agenda : concluding remarks; Irasema Alctra-Alaya
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