Landslides : risk perception and acceptance.

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TextPublication details: [Canada : Canadian Geotechnical Journal], 1997Description: [20] p. : illDDC classification:

551.307 21

Subject: The quantification of risk is gaining importance in many fields, including geotechnical engineering. Landslide risk management systems are gradually maturing in various countries. Following a review of acceptable risks and the psychology of risk perception, a study of landslide risk perception in Australia and Hong Kong is detailed. The general views of those surveyed on landsliding, issues of land development regulation and remedial costs, a comparison of landsliding to other hazards, cognitive structures, the perception of a quantified annual loss of life frequency, a ranking of various landslide situations to each other, and acceptable probabilities of landsliding for loss of life and property damage were obtained, analysed, and discussed

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Abstract in English and French

Bibliography: p. 188

Reprinted from Canadian Geotechnical Journal; 1997, v. 34; p. 169-188

The quantification of risk is gaining importance in many fields, including geotechnical engineering. Landslide risk management systems are gradually maturing in various countries. Following a review of acceptable risks and the psychology of risk perception, a study of landslide risk perception in Australia and Hong Kong is detailed. The general views of those surveyed on landsliding, issues of land development regulation and remedial costs, a comparison of landsliding to other hazards, cognitive structures, the perception of a quantified annual loss of life frequency, a ranking of various landslide situations to each other, and acceptable probabilities of landsliding for loss of life and property damage were obtained, analysed, and discussed

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