R. U. Cooke

Geomorphological Hazards in Los Angeles (eBook, PDF)

A Study of Slope and Sediment in a Metropolitan County

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book, first published in 1984, deals authoritatively with the nature and management of slope failures and sediment movement and their impact on the hazardous landscape of Los Angeles county. Bringing together for the first time a wide range of information derived from field observations, interviews, manuscript records, local agency reports and published sources, the book presents an analysis of the ways in which a rapidly developing metropolis has come to terms with complex geomorphological hazards. In particular, the events accompanying the major storms of 1914, 1934, 1969 and 1978 are reconstructed in detail.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000385311
• Artikelnr.: 63383079

Autorenporträt

R.U. Cooke

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1. Contexts 1. Geomorphological Hazards 2. The Hazard Context 2.1.
Predetermining Conditions 2.2. Dynamics of Change 3. Geomorphological
Processes 3.1. Slope Decomposition 3.2. Slope Erosion 3.3. Slope Failure
3.4. Channel Flows and Sediment Yield 3.5. Conclusion: the Fundamental
Problem Part 2. Crises 4. A Sequence of Storms 4.1. 1914 4.2. 1934 4.3.
1938 4.4. 1969 4.5. 1978 4.6. Conclusion: Before and Between Crises Part 3.
Consequences 5. Response and Responsibility 5.1. Conflicts 5.2. Patterns of
Response 5.3. A Management Hierarchy 6. Management Responses 6.1. Emergency
Responses 6.2. Paying the Price: Relief, Insurance and Litigation 6.3.
Improving Understanding: Evaluation and Prediction 6.4. Anticipating
Problems: Abatement and Control Part 4. Coda 7. Costs and Benefits in
Context 7.1. Within Los Angeles County 7.2. County, State and Nation 8.
Sequences and Cycles