Landslide Recognition: Identification, Movement and Causes - Hardcover

Ibsen, Maļa-Laura

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471964778 ISBN 13: 9780471964773

Publisher: Wiley, 1996

Synopsis

Every year a landslide disaster occurs somewhere in Europe. Destructive events are fortunately infrequent but when they do occur they are often tragic in their effects. Europe is heavily populated and development is expanding into areas where natural events are more likely to happen. Landslide Recognition is written by specialists from several European institutions and is designed to portray the diagnostic features of landslides as they would appear in the field, on maps or in photographs. Brief descriptions are provided and some guidance is given in the area in which different landslide types might be expected. This book will assist planners, developers, engineers and earth scientists to recognise where a problem may exist and to diagnose what type of failure may occur. The correct investigations and remedial measures may then be applied.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Landslide Recognition is written by specialists from several European institutions and is designed to portray the diagnostic features of landslides as they would appear in the field, on maps or in photographs. Brief descriptions, colour photographs, and diagrams are provided and guidance is given with regard to different landslide types and where they might be found. This book will assist non-specialists, planners, developers, engineers, as well as earth scientists in recognising where a problem may exist and in diagnosing what type of failure may occur.

About the Author:

Richard Dikau and Denys Brunsden are the authors of Landslide Recognition: Identification, Movement and Causes , published by Wiley.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0471964778
• ISBN 13: 9780471964773
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 274
• Editor: Dikau Richard, Brunsden Denys, Schrott Lothar