Solving the dilemma of transforming landslide hazard maps into effective policy and regulations

As geoscientists, we often perceive the production of a map or model to adequately define landslide hazard for an area as the answer or end point for reducing risk to people and property. In reality, the risk to people and property remains pretty much the same as it did before the map existed. Real...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: J. V. DeGraff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/12/53/2012/nhess-12-53-2012.pdf