A review of such natural disasters as floods and landslides, highlighting the possibility of safe and correct land planning and management by means of a global approach to territory. Since the events deriving from slope and fluvial dynamics are commonly triggered by the same factor, occur at the same time and are closely related, this book analyses floods and slope stability phenomena as different aspects of the same dynamic system: the drainage basin.

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I Introduction - Overview, Technical Papers.- 1 Landslide Hazard - A Conceptual Approach in Risk Viewpoint.- 2 Flood Hazard Assessment and Mitigation.- 3 The Recognition of Landslides.- 4 Climate Change Impact on Frequency and Distribution of Natural Extreme Events: an Overview.- II Tools and Methodology.- 5 Dendrogeomorphology in Landslide Analysis.- 6 Rainfall and Flow Forecasting Using Weather Radar.- 7 Numerical Modelling Techniques as Predictive Tools of Ground Instability.- 8 New Applications of Monitoring Networks, Multipurpose, Cost/Benefits, Management.- 9 The Importance and the Problems of Cartography - An Example.- 10 From Meteorological Modelling to Flood Forecasting and the Management of Emergencies.- 11 Real-Time Flood Forecasting Systems: Perspectives and Prospects.- 12 Relationships Between Environment and Man in Terms of Landslide Induced Risk.- III Management and Socio-Economic Aspects.- 13 Innovative Approaches to Integrated Floodplain Management.- 14 The Economical Consequences of Floods and Landslides.- 15 Socio-Economic Perspective of Developing Country Megacities Vulnerable to Flood and Landslide Hazards.- 16 The Potentialities of a Risk Disaggregation Between Vulnerability and Hazard: Example of the Relative Stability Induced for Flooding Risk Alleviation.- IV Case Studies.- 17 Landslide Hazard Investigations in the Dolomites (Italy): The Case Study of Cortina d'Ampezzo.- 18 Monitoring and Warning Systems: Methodological Approach and Case Studies.- 19 Mass Movements in Austria.- 20 Landslides and Precipitation: the Event of 4-6th November 1994 in the Piemonte Region, North Italy.- 21 Evaluation of Radar and Panchromatic Imagery for the Study of Flood and Landslide Events in Piemonte, Italy, November 1994.- 22 Longitudinal Evaluation of the Bed Load Size and of its Mobilisation in a Gravel Bed River.- 23 Morphological Changes in Mountain Rivers During a Flood Event.- 24 Methodological Approach in the Analysis of Two Landslides in a Geologically Complex Area: The Case of Varenna Valley (Ligury).