This book reviews the state of the art of natural disasters like floods and landslides, highlighting the possibility of safe and correct land planning and management by means of a global approach to territory. In fact, the events deriving from slope dynamics (gravitational phenomena) and fluvial dynamics (floods) are commonly triggered by the same factor (heavy rainfall), occur at the same time and are closely related. For this reason, this book analyses floods and slope stability phenomena as different aspects of the same dynamic system: the drainage basin.

This book comprises the main results of the Scenario (Support on Common European Strategy for sustainable natural and induced technological hazards mitigation) project, funded as a Specific Support Action under the VI FP. This book addresses three main needs: first, it constitutes an assessment of the situation of Europe as far as natural na-tech risks are considered; second, it suggests future research themes to be opened of widened so as to tackle new and emerging threats as well as changes in the potential response to risk governance, in order to improve the way scientific and technical...

Scientific reserach on natural disasters is now implementing new methodologies and aproaches as consequences of: 1. mutating impact of extreme natural events in response to societal change like land use, lifelines, communications, transportation, etc.; 2. development which claim for new urban and industrial territories, often in hazard prone areas; 3. impact of modern society on natural climate variability (climate change) and con sequently, on spatial and temporal frequency of extreme events related to hydro logical cycle. As consequence of the above mentioned items it is necessary to...

This is Volume 3 of the proceedings of the Second World Landslide Forum, held in Rome, in October, 2011. This volume focuses on Spatial Analysis and Modeling.

This is Volume 7 of the proceedings of the Second World Landslide Forum, held in Rome, in October, 2011. This volume focuses on Social and Economic Impact and Policies.

This is Volume 6 of the proceedings of the Second World Landslide Forum, held in Rome, in October, 2011. This volume focuses on Risk Assessment, Management and Mitigation.

This is Volume 1 of the proceedings of the Second World Landslide Forum, held in Rome, in October, 2011. This volume focuses on Landslide Inventory and Susceptibility and Hazard Zoning.

This is Volume 4 of the proceedings of the Second World Landslide Forum, held in Rome, in October, 2011. This volume focuses on Global Environmental Change.

This book contains papers from the Second World Landslide Forum, organised by the International Consortium on Landslides, that took place in September 2011. Coverage includes early warning, instrumentation and monitoring, and management and mitigation.