Preface vii
1. Introduction and Overview of Landslide Problems 1
Overall Significance of Landslides 2
Distribution of Landslide Hazards Worldwide 9
Loss of Human Life 10
Economic Consequences 13
Examples of Detailed Economic Analyses of Landslide Damages 15
Other Environmental Impacts 20
2. Characteristics of Various Types of Landslides 23
Classification Systems 23
Broad Functional Categorization of Mass Wasting Processes 24
3. Natural Factors Influencing Landslides 41
Geological Factors 41
Geomorphic Factors 55
Hydrologic Factors 67
Seismicity 110
Volcanic Activity 117
4. Landslide Analysis 121
Analysis of Stresses Within Slopes and Initiation Mechanisms of Landslides 121
Quantifying Landslide Trigger Mechanisms 124
Primary Causes of Landslides 129
Problems in Applying Theoretical Stability Analysis to Natural Hillslopes 134
Hazard Assessment and Prediction Methods 139
Overview of Techniques and Methodologies 139
Terrain Hazard Mapping 139
Simple Rainfall-Landslide and Earthquake-Landslide Relationships 145
Multi-Factor, Empirical Landslide Hazard Assessment 150
Distributed, Physically Based Models 155
Overview of Landslide Hazard Assessment and Prediction Methods 160
Land Use and Global Change 163
Timber Harvesting 163
Roads and Other Transportation Corridors 183
Conversion of Forests to Agricultural Lands and Plantations 203
Management Effects 203
Control and Avoidance Practices Amidst the Politics 206
Steepland Grazing and Grasslands 209
Management Effects 209
Avoidance and Control Practices 211
Fire 213
Management Effects 213
Avoidance and Control Practices 216
Urban, Residential, and Industrial Development 217
Background and Vulnerability 217
Direct Effects 219
Avoidance and Mitigation Measures 223
Urban planning and regulation 224
Control and mitigation measures 229
Mining 230
Tourism and Recreation 235
Global Climate Change 236
7. Summary 239
Notation 243
References 247
Index 307
Roy C. Sidle is the author of Landslides: Processes, Prediction, and Land Use, published by Wiley. Hirotaka Ochiai is the author of Landslides: Processes, Prediction, and Land Use, published by Wiley.
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