Landslide hazard management and control in Pakistan : a review.
Material type: TextPublication details: Kathmandu : International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, 1996Description: 68 p. : ill. (some col.), mapsISBN:- 9291154830 (pbk)
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Deals with all the aspects of landslides. Their types; causative factors; their relation to geology, earthquakes, monsoons, and deforestation; their impact; and possible studies to overcome disasters and control. This paper systematically identifies the problem areas and gives details of the historical background clearly establishing the connection with certain natural (earthquakes, lithology) and man-made (excavations and indiscriminate construction) causative factors
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