Landslide Susceptibility Mapping: A Methodological Approach
From a conceptual point of view, in order to create a ‘Landslide susceptibility map,’ it is necessary to operate keeping separate and afterwards comparing, on the one hand, the effects,which are the landslides actually observed, and on the other hand, the
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Riccardo Casale . Claudio Margottini (Eds.)
Natural Disasters and Sustainable Development
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Praf. Riccardo Casa le European Commission Directorate General for Research Rue de la Loi 200, LX 46 B-I049 Brussels E-mail: [email protected]
Prof. Claudio Margottini ENEA Italian Agency for New Technology Energy and Environment Via Anguillarese, 301 1-00060 Santa Maria di Galeri Roma E-mail: [email protected]
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Foreword
In the wake of the Rio Summit in 1992, the community of nations has become increasingly aware of the threats hanging over our fragile planet. Environmental protection is high on the international agenda. There has been a much doser focus on environmental research and sustainable development over the last ten years, primarily as a result of the European Union's efforts in this sphere. Among the many issues, natural disasters are a dear example of people living in conflict with the environment; disasters cause human, social and environmentallosses and, sometimes, they also lead to geopolitical instability, as in many less developed countries. Natural disasters are also a problem of global concern, even when damage is local: the mechanism often depends on global meteo-dimatic circulation and losses frequently affect several countries, as was the case in the floods of 2002 in Central Europe. There is a dear
