Geomorphological hazards and disaster prevention /
[edited by] Irasema Alctara-Ayala, Andrew S. Goudie.
- Cambridge ; Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- xi, 291 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Regional seismic shaking hazards in mountains / Volcanic hazards and risks : a geomorphological perspective / Mountain hazards / Review and future challenges in snow avalanche risk analysis / Landslide hazards / Catastrophic landslides and sedimentary budgets / The hazardousness of high-magnitude floods / Flood hazards : the context of fluvial geomorphology / Geomorphology and coastal hazards / Weathering hazards / Hazards associated with karst / Soil erosion / Desertification and land degradation in arid and semi-arid regions / Dune migration and encroachment / GIS for the assessment of risk from geomorphological hazards / Hazard assessment for risk analysis and risk management / Vulnerability analysis in geomorphic risk assessment / Geomorphological hazards and global climate change / Geomorphic hazards and sustainable development / Geomorphology and disaster prevention / Geomorphology and the international agenda : concluding remarks / William B. Bull -- Jean-Claude Thouret -- Olav Slaymaker -- Michael Br✹dl ... [et al.] -- David Petley -- Monique Fort ... [et al.] -- Landslides and climatic change / Lisa Borgatti and Mauro Soldati -- Avijit Gupta -- Gerardo Benito and Paul F. Hudson -- Harley J. Walker and Molly McGraw -- Andrew S. Goudie and Heather Viles -- Francisco Gutirez -- Andrew S. Goudie and John Boardman -- Yang Xiaoping -- Andrew S. Goudie -- Cees J. van Westen -- Michael Crozier and Thomas Glade -- Gabi Hufschmidt and Thomas Glade -- Andrew S. Goudie -- David Higgitt -- Irasema Alctra-Alaya -- Irasema Alctra-Alaya.