TY  - BOOK
AU  - Baban,Serwan M.J.
ED  - University of the West Indies (Saint Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago)
TI  - Enduring geohazards in the Caribbean: moving from the reactive to the proactive 
SN  - 9781435689749
AV  - HV551.5.C27 E53 2008eb
U1  - 363.34 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Kingston, Jamaica
PB  - University of the West Indies Press
KW  - Flood damage prevention
KW  - Caribbean Area
KW  - Congresses
KW  - Hazard mitigation
KW  - Landslides
KW  - Prevention
KW  - Dommages causés par les inondations
KW  - Prévention
KW  - Caraïbes (Région)
KW  - Congrès
KW  - Catastrophes
KW  - Réduction
KW  - NATURE
KW  - Natural Disasters
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Disasters & Disaster Relief
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Conference papers and proceedings
KW  - gtlm
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Actes de congrès
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - Proceedings from the workshop "Enduring Geohazards (Landslides and Floods) in the Caribbean Region," held at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad, on Dec. 8, 2004; Includes bibliographical references; Enduring landslides and floods in the Caribbean Region -- Modelling landslides in tropical environments -- Planning for hillside terrains -- Developing a GIS-based landslide susceptibility map for tropical mountainous environment -- Using GIS for flood management and mitigation in Trinidad and Tobago -- Using GIS for flood risk assessment and flood sensitivity maps for a watershed in Trinidad and Tobago -- A new examination of floods in the region: debris floods and debris flows in the Caribbean -- Mapping flood-prone areas: a geoinformatics approach -- Developing a proactive approach to geohazards management in Trinidad and Tobago -- Issues in flood risk management -- REcognizing and managing unstable slopes in Trinidad and Tobago -- Developing early warning systems for managing geohazards in the Caribbean -- Beyond humanitarianism: building resilient communities, revisiting the development dialogue; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2011
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ER  -