Geomorphological Hazards and Disaster Prevention

List of contributors 1. Introduction Andrew S. Goudie Part I. Processes: 2. Regional seismic shaking hazards in mountains William B. Bull 3. Volcanic hazards and risks: a geomorphic perspective Jean-Claude Thouret 4. Mountain hazards Olav Slaymaker 5. Review and future challenges in snow avalanche risk analysis Michael Bruendl, Perry Bartelt, Margreth Keiler and Thomas Glade 6. Landslide hazards David Petley 7. Catastrophic landslides and sedimentary budgets Monique Fort, Etienne Cossart and Gilles Arnaud-Fassetta 8. Landslides and climactic change Lisa Borgatti and Mauro Soldati 9. The hazardness of high-magnitude floods Avijit Gupta 10. Flood hazards: the context of fluvial geomorphology Gerardo Benito and Paul F. Hudson 11. Geomorphology and coastal hazards Harley Jesse Walker and Molly McGraw 12. Weathering hazards Andrew S. Goudie and Heather Viles 13. Hazards associated to Karst Francisco Gutierrez 14. Soil erosion Andrew S. Goudie and John Boardman 15. Desertification and land degradation in arid and semi-arid regions Yang Xiaoping 16. Dune migration and encroachment Andrew S. Goudie Part II. Processes and Applications of Geomorphology to Risk Assessment and Management: 17. GIS for the assessment of risk from geomorphological hazards Cees J. van Westen 18. Hazards assessment for risk analysis and risk management Michael Crozier and Thomas Glade 19. Vulnerability analysis in geomorphic risk assessment Gabi Hufschmidt and Thomas Glade 20. Geomorphological hazards and global climate change Andrew S. Goudie 21. Geomorphic hazards and sustainable development David Higgitt 22. Geomorphology and disaster prevention Irasema Alcantara-Ayala 23. Concluding remarks: geomorphology and the international agenda Irasema Alcantara-Ayala Index.