Photographs and easy-to-follow text introduces young readers to the dangers of landslides and avalanches, and describes what causes them, explains how to predict and prevent them; and also profiles several landslides and avalanches throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Content Note
What is a landslide? -- What is an avalanche? -- Triggering flow -- Case study: Nevado del Huila, Colombia, 1994 -- Case study: Sarno, Italy, 1998 -- Case study: Galtuer, Austria, 1999 -- Case study: Orosi, Costa Rica, 2002 -- Case study: Panabaj, Guatemala, 2005 -- Case study: Mount Kanguru, Nepal, 2005 -- Prediction, preparation, and prevention.