Landslide science for a safer geoenvironment. Volume 1, The International Programme on Landslides (IPL) / Kyoji Sassa, Paolo Canuti, Yueping Yin, editors.

This volume contains peer-reviewed papers from the Third World Landslide Forum organized by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) in June 2014. The complete collection of papers from the Forum?is published in three full-color volumes and one mono-color volume.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Sassa, Kyoji (Editor), Canuti, Paolo (Editor), Yin, Yueping (Editor)
Other title:International Programme on Landslides (IPL)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham [Switzerland] : Springer, [2014]
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword for International Consortium on Landslides; Foreword; Preface: Landslide Science for a Safer Geoenvironment; The International Consortium on Landslides (ICL); The International Programme on Landslides (IPL); The World Landslide Forum; The First World Landslide Forum: Implementing the 2006 Tokyo Action Plan on the International Programme on Landslides (IPL); The Second World Landslide Forum: Putting Science into Practice; The Third World Landslide Forum: Landslide Risk Mitigation Toward a Safer Environment; Other ICL-IPL Activities.
  • Landslides: Journal of the International Consortium on LandslidesIPL Projects; ICL Regional and Thematic Networks; World Centre of Excellence on Landslide Risk Reduction; Objectives of WCoE:; ICL Landslide Teaching Tools; A Call for ICL-IPL Partners; ICL-IPL Secretariat; List of Editors; Contents; Activities of the International Programme on Landslides (IPL): IPL Projects and World Centres of Excellence on Landslide Risk ... ; IPL Programme; Overview of IPL Projects; Overview of the World Centres of Excellence on Landslide Risk Reduction 2011-2014; Acknowledgments; References.
  • Part I: Plenary LecturesPlenary: Progress of Living with Landslide Risk in Europe; Background; Policy Context of the SafeLand Project; Quantification of Landslide Hazard; Overview of Existing Procedures; Triggering of Precipitation-Induced Landslides and Their Run-Out; Landslides Triggered by Anthropogenic Factors; Experiences in China and India; Landslide Databases; Recommended Practice for Hazard and Risk Zonation; Vulnerability to Landslides; Tools and Guidelines for Landslide Risk Management; Quantitative Risk Assessment; Toolbox of Risk Mitigation Measures.
  • Stakeholder Involvement and Decision Making ProcessEuropean Landslide Risk Hotspots; Global Change Scenarios; Remote Sensing Technologies and Early Warning Systems; Remote Sensing for Landslide Detection, Monitoring and Rapid Mapping; Early Warning Systems for Landslides; Dissemination of Project Results; Social Impact; References; Plenary: Progress in Regional Landslide Hazard Assessment-Examples from the USA; Introduction; Background; History; Examples of Progress in Regional Hazard Assessment; Seattle Case Study; Geomorphic Assessment of Landslides with LiDAR.
  • Assessment of Shallow Landslides Using a Physically Based ModelAssessment of Large Landslides with the 3D Slope-Stability Model, SCOOPS; Composite Landslide Assessment; Standardized Methods and Rapid Assessments; Oregon Landslide Mapping Protocol; Oregon Shallow Landslide Susceptibility Protocol; References; Plenary: Progress in Landslide Dynamics; Introduction; The Landslide Ring-Shear Simulator; Aim and Concept of the Landslide Ring-Shear Simulator; Development of the Dynamic-Loading Ring-Shear Apparatus Series (from DPRI-1 to ICL-2); Application of the Landslide Ring-Shear Simulator.