LANDSLIDES: INVESTIGATION AND MITIGATION. CHAPTER 6 - LANDSLIDE HAZARD AND RISK ASSESSMENT

The basic elements of hazard and risk assessment and decision making as applied to landslide management are summarized in this chapter. The discussion covers (1) a description of uncertainty, (2) estimation of hazard, (3) decision under uncertainty, (4) landslide hazard maps, (5) historic failure rate, and (6) applications.

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• Authors:
  • Wu, Tien H
  • Tang, Wilson H
  • Einstein, Herbert H
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 106-118
• Monograph Title: LANDSLIDES: INVESTIGATION AND MITIGATION
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 247
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Applications; Decision making; Estimating; Estimation theory; Hazard evaluation; Landslides; Probability; Risk assessment; Statistical analysis; Uncertainty
• Uncontrolled Terms: Probabilistic analysis
• Old TRIS Terms: Landslide hazard maps
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I42: Soil Mechanics; I43: Rock Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00722495
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 030906208X
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 6 1996 12:00AM