Del 18 i serien Water Resources Monograph

Landslides

Processes, Prediction, and Land Use

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

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Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Water Resources Monograph Series, Volume 18.Landslides are a constant in shaping our landscape. Whether by large episodic, or smaller chronic, mass movements, our mountains, hills, valleys, rivers, and streams bear evidence of change from landslides. Combined with anthropogenic factors, especially the development and settlement of unstable terrain, landslides (as natural processes) have become natural disasters. This book charts our understanding of landslide processes, prediction methods, and related land use issues. How and where do landslides initiate? What are the human and economic consequences? What hazard assessment and prediction methods are available, and how well do they work? How does land use, from timber harvesting and road building to urban and industrial development, affect landslide distribution in time and space? And what is the effect of land use and climate change on landslides? This book responds to such questions with: • Synopses of how various land uses and management activities influence landslide behavior • Analyses of earth surface processes that affect landslide frequency and extent • Examples of prediction techniques and methods of landslide hazard assessment, including scales of application • Discussion of landslide types and related costs and damages 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—will find this work a benchmark reference, now and for years to come.

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Utgivningsdatum2006-01-01
Mått154 x 230 x 17 mm
Vikt445 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieWater Resources Monograph
Antal sidor322
FörlagJohn Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN9780875903224

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Preface vii1. Introduction and Overview of Landslide Problems 1Overall Significance of Landslides 2Distribution of Landslide Hazards Worldwide 9Loss of Human Life 10Economic Consequences 13Examples of Detailed Economic Analyses of Landslide Damages 15Other Environmental Impacts 202. Characteristics of Various Types of Landslides 23Classification Systems 23Broad Functional Categorization of Mass Wasting Processes 243. Natural Factors Influencing Landslides 41Geological Factors 41Geomorphic Factors 55Hydrologic Factors 67Seismicity 110Volcanic Activity 1174. Landslide Analysis 121Analysis of Stresses Within Slopes and Initiation Mechanisms of Landslides 121Quantifying Landslide Trigger Mechanisms 124Primary Causes of Landslides 129Problems in Applying Theoretical Stability Analysis to Natural Hillslopes 134Hazard Assessment and Prediction Methods 139Overview of Techniques and Methodologies 139Terrain Hazard Mapping 139Simple Rainfall-Landslide and Earthquake-Landslide Relationships 145Multi-Factor, Empirical Landslide Hazard Assessment 150Distributed, Physically Based Models 155Overview of Landslide Hazard Assessment and Prediction Methods 160Land Use and Global Change 163Timber Harvesting 163Roads and Other Transportation Corridors 183Conversion of Forests to Agricultural Lands and Plantations 203Management Effects 203Control and Avoidance Practices Amidst the Politics 206Steepland Grazing and Grasslands 209Management Effects 209Avoidance and Control Practices 211Fire 213Management Effects 213Avoidance and Control Practices 216Urban, Residential, and Industrial Development 217Background and Vulnerability 217Direct Effects 219Avoidance and Mitigation Measures 223Urban planning and regulation 224Control and mitigation measures 229Mining 230Tourism and Recreation 235Global Climate Change 2367. Summary 239Notation 243References 247Index 307