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Towards a National Landslide Information Base for New Zealand
Author(s) -
GLADE THOMAS,
CROZIER MICHAEL
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
new zealand geographer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1745-7939
pISSN - 0028-8144
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-7939.1996.tb00461.x
Subject(s) - landslide , legislature , environmental resource management , hazard , environmental planning , natural hazard , process (computing) , natural resource , base (topology) , natural (archaeology) , resource (disambiguation) , geography , business , computer science , geology , political science , geotechnical engineering , environmental science , ecology , archaeology , mathematical analysis , mathematics , meteorology , law , biology , operating system , computer network
Landslides constitute a problem as a natural hazard, as a factor in land development decisions, and as a major process in the depletion of New Zealand's soil resource. There are compelling social, economic, and legislative reasons for obtaining and accessing information on landslide activity. As a way of improving a currently weak information base, recommendations are given for establishing an information system appropriate to specific management functions.