1st Edition

Landslides: Extent and Economic Significance Proceedings of the 28th international geologic congress symposium on landslides, Washington D.C., 17 July 1989

Edited By E.E. Brabb, B.L. Harrod Copyright 1989
400 Pages
by CRC Press

400 Pages
by CRC Press

Proceedings of the 28th international geologic congress symposium on landslides, with the focus of ‘Landslides: Extent and Economic Significance’, held in Washington D.C., on the 17 July 1989.

Preface Forewords Landslides: Extent and economic significance in Canada, Landslides: Extent and economic significance in the United States, Landslides: Their extent and significance in the Caribbean, Landslides: Extent and economic significance in Honduras, Extent and social-economic significance of slope instability in Costa Rica, Slides in Panama, Hazards in El Salvador from earthquake-induced landslides, Landslide hazards in the central and southern Andes, Landslides in Peru, Landslides: Extent and economic significance in Ecuador, Landslides: Extent and economic significance in Antarctica and the subantarctic, Landslide: Extent and economic significance in Norway, Extent and economic significance o f landslides in Sweden, Landslides in Finland, Extent and economic significance of landslides in Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland, Landslides in France: A risk reduced by recent legal provisions, Extent and economic significance of landslides in Spain, Landslides in Portugal - Extent and economic significance, Landslides: Extent and economic significance in Central Europe, Coping with landslide problems in Czechoslovakia, A review of landslide processes on the territory of the Soviet Union, The extent and economic significance of the debris flow and landslide problem in Kazakhstan, in the Soviet Union, Landslides: Forms, processes and economic significance in Israel, Landslide vulnerability in the Arabian Peninsula and Egypt, Landslides in Ghana and their economic significance, Landslides in Nigeria - Extent, awareness, social and economic impacts, Landslides in Kenya: A geographical appraisal, Landslides: Extent and economic significance in southern Africa, Landslides: Extent and economic significance in China, Geological and economic extent of landslides in Japan and Korea, Occurrence and significance of landslides in Southeast Asia, Slope failure: Extent and economic significance in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Landslides: Extent and economic significance in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, Landslide hazard in the Pacific Islands, Undersea landslides: Extent and significance in the Pacific Ocean, Landslides in southeastern Europe: Extent and economic significance.

Biography

EEarl E. Brabb, Betty L. Harrod, both US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California.E. Brabb, Earl, both US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California.