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Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides

Volume 4 Diversity of Landslide Forms

  • Global coverage of different landslide forms
  • Treats Complex landslides
  • Presents examples of rapid landslides
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Conference series link(s): WLF: Workshop on World Landslide Forum

Conference proceedings info: WLF 2017.

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Table of contents (79 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
  2. Earthquake-Induced Landslides

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Session Introduction Earthquake-Induced Landslide

      • Kazuo Konagai, Gabriele Scarascia Mugnozza, Akihiko Wakai
      Pages 3-4
    3. Evaluation of Ground Shaking Characteristics in Residential Land Based on T/R Frequency Ratio of Microtremor

      • Yoshiya Hata, Fumihiro Minato, Takaaki Ikeda, Masayuki Yamada, Masaki Yamauchi, Yutaro Okawa
      Pages 23-35
    4. Critical Displacement of Earthquake-Triggered Catastrophic Landslides

      • Che-Ming Yang, Chang-Hsuan Hsu, Jia-Jyun Dong
      Pages 37-46
    5. Numerical Models of Unstable Slopes in Seismic Areas—Based on 3D Geomodels

      • Hans-Balder Havenith, Anne-Sophie Mreyen, Almaz Torgoev, Mihai Micu
      Pages 47-57
    6. Finite Element Simulation for Seismic Ground Response in Mountainous Areas in Nepal

      • Akihiko Wakai, Daisuke Higaki, Hiroshi Yagi, Go Sato, Masahiro Chigira
      Pages 67-74
    7. Geophysical Investigation of the Landslide-Prone Slope Downstream from the Rogun Dam Construction Site (Tajikistan)

      • Torgoev Isakbek, Havenith Hans-Balder, Torgoev Almaz, Cerfontaine Philippe, Ischuk Anatoly
      Pages 75-84
    8. Seismic-Induced Landslides: Lessons Learned from Recent Earthquakes in Spain

      • José Delgado, Martín J. Rodríguez-Peces, Francisco J. García-Tortosa, Jesús Garrido, Iván Martín, Pedro Alfaro
      Pages 111-117
    9. Landslides Triggered by the Ms6.5 Ludian, China Earthquake of August 3, 2014

      • Kai-heng Hu, Xing-zhang Chen, Yong-gang Ge, Xing-yuan Jiang, Yang-chun Wang
      Pages 119-129
  3. Rainfall-Induced Landslides

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
    2. Analysis of the Predisposing Factors for Different Landslide Types Using the Generalized Additive Model

      • Carlotta Bartelletti, Roberto Giannecchini, Giacomo D’Amato Avanzi, Yuri Galanti, Michele Barsanti, Maria Giuseppina Persichillo et al.
      Pages 151-158
    3. Large-Scale Synoptic Weather Types and Precipitation Responsible for Landslides in Southern Norway

      • Graziella Devoli, Lisa Jørandli, Kolbjørn Engeland, Lena M. Tallaksen
      Pages 159-167

About this book

This volume contains peer-reviewed papers from the Fourth World Landslide Forum organized by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL), the Global Promotion Committee of the International Programme on Landslides (IPL), University of Ljubljana (UL) and Geological Survey of Slovenia in Ljubljana, Slovenia from May 29 to June 2, 2017. The complete collection of papers from the Forum is published in five full-color volumes.

This fourth volume contains the following:

• Earthquake-Induced Landslides

• Rainfall-Induced Landslides

• Rapid Landslides: Debris Flows, Mudflows, Rapid Debris-Slides

• Landslides in Rocks and Complex Landslides: Rock Topples, Rock Falls, Rock Slides,Complex Landslides

• Landslides and Other Natural Hazards: Floods, Droughts, Wildfires, Tsunamis,

  Volcanoes

Prof. Matjaž Mikoš is the Forum Chair of the Fourth World Landslide Forum. He is the Vice President of International Consortium on Landslides and President of the Slovenian NationalPlatform for Disaster Risk Reduction.

Prof. Nicola Casagli is Founding member of the International Consortium on Landslides(ICL), professor at the University of Florence and founder of the UNESCO Chair on geohydrological hazards at the same University.

Prof. Yueping Yin is the President of theInternational Consortium on Landslides and the Chairman of the Committee of Geo-Hazards Prevention of China, and the Chief Geologist of Geo-Hazard Emergency Technology, Ministry of Land and Resources, P.R. China”.

Prof. Kyoji Sassa is the Founding President of the International Consortium on Landslides(ICL). He is Executive Director of ICL and the Editor-in-Chief of International Journal“Landslides” since its foundation in 2004.

IPL (International Programme on Landslides) is a programme of the ICL. The programme is managed by the IPL Global Promotion Committee including ICL and ICL supportingorganizations, UNESCO, WMO, FAO, UNISDR, UNU, ICSU, WFEO, IUGS and IUGG. TheIPL contributes to the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and the ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships 2015-2025.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Matjaž Mikoš

  • Department of Earth Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

    Nicola Casagli

  • China Institute of Geo-Environment Monitoring, China Geological Survey, Beijing, China

    Yueping Yin

  • International Consortium on Landslides, Kyoto, Japan

    Kyoji Sassa

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides

  • Book Subtitle: Volume 4 Diversity of Landslide Forms

  • Editors: Matjaž Mikoš, Nicola Casagli, Yueping Yin, Kyoji Sassa

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53485-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-53484-8Published: 21 May 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10415-3Published: 14 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-53485-5Published: 20 May 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 707

  • Number of Illustrations: 54 b/w illustrations, 500 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Natural Hazards, Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics, Sustainable Development

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