| Title | Socio-economic significance, Canadian technical guidelines and best practices related to landslides: a national initiative for loss reduction |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Guthrie, R |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7311, 2013, 19 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/292241  Open Access |
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| Year | 2013 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is related to the following
publications |
| File format | pdf |
| Subjects | engineering geology; Health and Safety; Economics and Industry; landslides; health hazards; governments; earthquake risk; economics |
| Illustrations | tables; location maps |
| Program | Public Safety Geoscience National Guidelines for Natural Hazard Assessment and Mitigation |
| Released | 2013 03 04 |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
Landslides are one of the most dangerous hazards on Earth. They are a common threat around the world including many parts of Canada. Landslides affect
people directly (injury and death) and indirectly (destruction of infrastructure). The purpose of this publication is to provide a summary of the economic costs that have been associated with many landslides in Canada. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 292241 |
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