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Landslide Science and Practice

Volume 2: Early Warning, Instrumentation and Monitoring

  • Cross-cutting approach through different geotechnical engineer and earth science

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  • Implementation of technology and research

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Table of contents (89 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
  2. Landslide Instrumentation and Monitoring

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
    2. Monitoring of the “Razanj” Landslide in Serbia

      • Svetozar Milenkovic, Branko Jelisavac, Vladeta Vujanic, Milovan Jotic
      Pages 25-31
    3. Terrestrial Laser Scanning for the Montaguto Landslide (Southern Italy)

      • Domenico Denora, Lia Romano, Giulia Cecaro
      Pages 33-38
    4. Landsliding Events Triggered by Rainfalls in the Enna Area (South Italy)

      • Francesco Castelli, Valentina Lentini
      Pages 39-47
    5. Assessing Volume Earthwork by Using Unconventional Photogrammetry

      • Cheng-Yang Hsiao, Pao-Shan Hsieh, Shu-Yeong Chi
      Pages 49-56
    6. Slope Stability Assessment and Monitoring of a Vulnerable Site on Rishikesh-Uttarkashi Highway, India

      • Shantanu Sarkar, Amitava Ghosh, Debi Prasanna Kanungo, Zamir Ahmad
      Pages 67-71
    7. Landslide Displacement Monitoring from Multi-Temporal Terrestrial Digital Images: Case of the Valoria Landslide Site

      • Mirco Motta, Fabio Gabrieli, Alessandro Corsini, Vinicio Manzi, Francesco Ronchetti, Simonetta Cola
      Pages 73-78
    8. A Geosensor Network Based Monitoring and Early Warning System for Landslides

      • Kurosch Thuro, John Singer, Judith Festl
      Pages 79-86
    9. Slope Disaster Monitoring System Using Battery-Operated Wireless Sensor Network

      • Keigo Koizumi, Kenji Hirata, Kazuhiro Oda, Yukishige Fujita, Sadayuki Kamide
      Pages 109-116
    10. The Use of ERT for Investigation of Berzhita Landslide, Tirana Area, Albania

      • Hamza Reci, Ylber Muceku, Idriz Jata
      Pages 117-123
    11. Conventional and Innovative Techniques for the Monitoring of Displacements in Landslide Affected Area

      • Loredana Antronico, Luigi Borrelli, Dario Peduto, Gianfranco Fornaro, Giovanni Gullà, Luca Paglia et al.
      Pages 125-131
    12. Spatio-Temporal Evolution of Ground Displacement of the Tena Landslide (Spain)

      • Nguyen Anh Tuan, Saillard Marianne, Darrozes José, Oliver Marc, Herrera Garcia Gerardo, Garcia Lopez-Davalillo Joan Carlos et al.
      Pages 133-140
    13. Long-Term Analysis of Landslides Via SBAS-DInSAR Technique

      • Manuela Bonano, Fabiana Calò, Michele Manunta, Luca Paglia, Giovanni Zeni
      Pages 141-146

About this book

This book contains peer-reviewed papers from the Second World Landslide Forum, organised by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL), that took place in September 2011. The entire material from the conference has been split into seven volumes, this one is the second: 1. Landslide Inventory and Susceptibility and Hazard Zoning, 2. Early Warning, Instrumentation and Monitoring, 3. Spatial Analysis and Modelling, 4. Global Environmental Change, 5. Complex Environment, 6. Risk Assessment, Management and Mitigation, 7. Social and Economic Impact and Policies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Geological Survey of Italy, ISPRA - Italian Institute for Environmen, Rome, Italy

    Claudio Margottini

  • ICL - International Consortium on Landsl, Florence, Italy

    Paolo Canuti

  • Kyoto University Uji-Campus, Uji, Japan

    Kyoji Sassa

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