This book documents the First World Landslide Forum, which was jointly organized by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL), eight UN organizations (UNESCO, WMO, FAO, UN/ISDR, UNU, UNEP, World Bank, UNDP) and four NGOs (International Council for Science, World Federation of Engineering Organizations, Kyoto Univ. and Japan Landslide Society) in Tokyo in 2008. The material consists of four parts: The Open Forum "Progress of IPL Activities; Four Thematic Lectures in the Plenary Symposium "Global Landslide Risk Reduction"; Six KeynoteLectures in the Plenary session; and the aims and overviews of eighteen parallel sessions (dealing with various aspects necessary for landslide disaster risk reduction such as: observations from space; climate change and slope instability; landslides threatening heritage sites; the economic and social impact of landslides; monitoring, prediction and early warning; and risk-management strategies in urban area, etc.) INDICE: Foreword.- Preface.- Part I Progress of IPL Activities.- Part II Keynote Lectures.- Part III Achievements of IPL Projects.- Part IV Parallel Sessions.- Index.
- ISBN: 978-3-540-69966-8
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 515
- Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés