Words into Action Guidelines 3. Landslide Hazard and Risk Assessment

Published 2017
Type Guidelines
Theme Disaster management, Disaster Risk Reduction, Preparedness, Resilience, Safety & Security
Language English
Pages: 10
Uploader Elisa Tangheroni
Publisher(s) UNISDR
Sector(s)
Location(s) All Countries
Author(s) Farrokh Nadim (Norwegian Geotechnical Institute) Bjørn Kalsnes (NGI), Dave Petley (Sheffield University), Michel Jaboyedoff (University of Lausanne), Nicola Casagli (University of Florence), Paola Reichenbach, Fausto Guzzetti (Italian National Research Council)
Disaster(s) landslides, natural disaster
Rights UNISDR, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
Source: Words into Action Guidelines 3. Landslide Hazard and Risk Assessment
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This chapter is part of the series Words into Action Guidelines: National Disaster Risk Assessment - Hazard Specific Risk Assessment. It lists the main features of the landslide hazards, possible causes and sources and types of uncertainty in landslide hazard. It includes a series of case studies turned into good practice.
This resource is part of a Collection of similar guidelines entitled "Landslide Mitigation and Disaster Risk Management Case Studies and Good Practice", and is included in the series of Collections supporting response to natural disaster events. Collections are monitored daily and new content is added.