Landslides: Global Risk Preparedness

Sassa, Kyoji; Rouhban, Badaoui; Briceño, Sálvano; McSaveney, Mauri; He, Bin

This book presents the global landslide risk preparedness implemented through the International Programme on Landslides (IPL). IPL was initiated by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) in 2002, and developed to a joint international programme by the IPL Global Promotion Committee (UNESCO, WMO, FAO, UNISDR, UNU, ICSU and WFEO as well as ICL) through the 2006 Tokyo Action Plan. The materials consists of four parts: Outline of the International Programme on Landslides & IPL Global Promotion Committee; Achievements of major IPL projects in research and capacity building; World Centres of Excellence on Landslide Risk Reduction (WCoEs) and Landslide School Network; Key documents of IPL and ICL including Tokyo Action Plan, Application of ICL, IPL Projects, WCoEs and Landslide School Network

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2012-08-31

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783642220869

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-22087-6

Dimensions: 260cm x193cm

Pages: 387