Addressing Landslide Hazards: Towards a Knowledge Management Perspective

Landslide Hazard and Risk

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 311-328

  Michaels, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Data management; Hazard mitigation; Hazards planning; Knowledge management; Landslide hazards

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249175021     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470012659.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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