The classification, recording, databasing and use of information about building damage caused by subsidence and landslides

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 409-424

  Cooper, A H ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING DAMAGED; DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; LATERAL MOVEMENT;

BUILDINGS; CLAY MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; HEALTH; ROADS AND STREETS; SUBSIDENCE;

DAMAGE DETECTION;

BUILDING; DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; GROUND MOVEMENT; LANDSLIDE; MASS MOVEMENT; SUBSIDENCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 51949104692     PISSN: 14709236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1470-9236/07-223     Document Type: Article

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