Culture and landslide risk in the Central Andes of Bolivia and Peru
Culture and its heritage play a major role in determining landslide risk in the Central Andes. Examples of some of these many possible influences are provided from natural and social science literature and from the author’s recent work in Bolivia. Landslide risk appears to have generally increased t...
Main Author: | Nicholas Roberts |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Cluj University Press
2009-06-01
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Series: | Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai: Geologia |
Online Access: | http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/geologia/vol54/iss1/art11/ |
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