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Community-Based Landslide Risk Reduction : Managing Disasters in Small Steps /
Many areas of the world are at risk from landslides and their consequences; rainfall-triggered landslides particularly affect developing countries in the tropics. Rapid urbanization and the associated growth of unauthorized and densely populated communities in hazardous locations, such as steep slop...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
World Bank,
©2013.
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| Colección: | World Bank e-Library.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Many areas of the world are at risk from landslides and their consequences; rainfall-triggered landslides particularly affect developing countries in the tropics. Rapid urbanization and the associated growth of unauthorized and densely populated communities in hazardous locations, such as steep slopes, are powerful drivers in a cycle of disaster risk accumulation. Frequently, it is the most socioeconomically vulnerable who inhabit landslide-prone slopes-thus increasing their exposure to landslide hazards and often increasing the hazard itself. There is growing recognition that urban landslide. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxxxvii, 404 pages) : color illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780821394915 0821394916 1299192513 9781299192515 |