Mountain Risks: From Prediction to Management and Governance - Van Asch, Theo.; Corominas, Jordi; Greiving, Stefan; Malet, Jean-Philippe.; Sterlacchini, Simone; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014)
Preface -- 1. Introduction: The components of risk governance -- Part I : New techniques for assessing mass movement hazards -- 2. Innovative techniques for the detection and characterization of the kinematics of slow-moving landslides -- 3. Innovative techniques for the characterization of the morphology, geometry and hydrological features of slow-moving landslides -- 4. Techniques for the modelling of the process systems in slow and fast-moving landslides -- Part II: Methodologies to assess the impact of the natural hazards on the society in terms of risks -- 5. Methods for debris flow hazard and risk assessment -- 6. Advances in methodologies for rockfall hazard and risk assessments -- 7. Medium-scale multi-hazard risk assessment of gravitational processes -- 8. Methods for the characterization of the vulnerability of elements at risk -- 9. The importance of the lessons learnt from past disasters for risk assessment -- Part III: The response of the Society towards the problems of hazard and risk -- 10. Disaster mitigation by spatial planning -- 11. Disaster mitigation by corrective and protection measures -- 12. The relevance of legal aspects, risk cultures and insurance possibilities for risk management -- 13. The relevance of Early-Warning Systems and evacuation plans for risk management -- 14. Risk assessment: Establishing practical thresholds for acceptable and tolerable risks -- 15.  The use of geo-information and modern visualization tools for risk communication -- Index.
Keywords: Natural disasters; Mineral resources; Environmental management; Computers; Remote sensing; Quality control; Reliability; Industrial safety; Natural Hazards; Mineral Resources; Environmental Management; Information Systems and Communication Service; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk