Geomorphological hazards and disaster prevention / [edited by] Irasema Alctara-Ayala, Andrew S. Goudie.

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.