The Landslide Handbook- A Guide to Understanding Landslides: A landmark publication for landslide education and preparedness

Landslides: Global Risk Preparedness

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 75-84

  Bobrowsky, Peter ^a   Highland, Lynn ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Landslide education; Landslide loss reduction; Landslide mitigation; Landslide types

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929551712     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-22087-6_5     Document Type: Chapter

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