Understanding Geohazards: Slopes, Rivers and Coastlines / Richard H. Guthrie, Vanessa A. Cuervo

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References: p. 211-234

Chapter 1. Understanding geohazards and risk -- Chapter 2. Landslides: style and activity -- Chapter 3. Landslide susceptibility and hazard assessment -- Chapter 4. River assessment -- Chapter 5. Channel bed stability -- Chapter 6. Inland flood hazards -- Chapter 7. Coastal erosion and inundation -- Chapter 8. Risk assessment -- Chapter 9. Detection, monitoring, instrumentation and mitigation -- Chapter 10. The august 06, 2010 mount meager rock slide-debris flow, coast mountains, british columbia -- Chapter 11. The february 17, 2006 guinsaugon rock slide-debris avalanche: A synthesis -- Chapter 12. The role of magnitude-frequency relations in regional landslide risk analysis, coastal british columbia.

The Earth s surface is a product of dynamic forces: temperature, wind, water and tectonics, all under the constant driving force of gravity. These forces define and constantly modify the geomorphology (landforms and processes) that in turn exert considerable authority over engineering works, human health and safety and the environment. Geohazards are those events, geological and geomorphological in nature, that have potential to cause damage to things that human s value.