Progress in landslide science /

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Imprint:Berlin : Springer, c2007.
Description:1 online resource (xxvii, 378 p.) : ill. (some col.)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8884006
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Other authors / contributors:Sassa, Kyoji.
ISBN:9783540709657
3540709657
Notes:Description based on print version record.
Summary:This book presents current progress in landslide science and consists of four parts: (1) Progress in Landslide Science, (2) Landslide Dynamics, (3) Landslide Monitoring, and (4) Landslide Risk Assessment. It provides useful information to academics, practitioners, and government officers working on landslide risk-mitigation planning. This book can be also used as an introductory textbook for college students who wish to learn fundamental scientific achievements in the field of landslide disaster reduction.
Other form:Print version: Progress in landslide science. Berlin : Springer, c2007 9783540709640 3540709649

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