Second world landslide forum: putting science into practice - abstract book

This abstract book of the Second World Landslide Forum reviews 29 sessions addressing: landslides and land-use systems, food security, wild fires, extreme weather, GIS applications developments, socio-economic impact, transportation network and lifelines, policies, urban risk reduction, early warnings and emergency plans, training and capacity development, tsunami, cultural heritage, and seismic landslide hazard analysis. It asserts that incoming climatic changes urge appropriate policies to face the new challenges posed by hydrometeorological hazards. The Forum was held in Rome on 3-9 October 2011.

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Date:

2011

ISBN/ISSN:

9788844805159

Author(s):

Catani , F.; Margottini, C.; Trigila, A.; Iadanza, C. (eds)

Pages:

730 p.

Sources:

International Consortium of Landslides (ICL)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
International Programme on Landslides (IPL)
Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA)

Keywords

Themes:: Capacity Development, Early Warning, Urban Risk & Planning, Governance, GIS & Mapping, Economics of DRR, Social Impacts & Resilience, Critical Infrastructure, Food Security & Agriculture
Hazards:: Earthquake, Land Slide, Tsunami, Wild Fire
Countries:: Italy