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Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides - Volume 2 Advances in Landslide Science (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
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Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides - Volume 2 Advances in Landslide Science (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
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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,. The complete collection of papers
from the Forum is published in five full-color volumes. This second
volume contains the following: * Two keynote lectures * Landslide
Field Recognition and Identification: Remote Sensing Techniques,
Field Techniques * Landslide Investigation: Field Investigations,
Laboratory Testing * Landslide Modeling: Landslide Mechanics,
Simulation Models * Landslide Hazard Risk Assessment and
Prediction: Landslide Inventories and Susceptibility, Hazard
Mapping Methods, Damage Potential Prof. Matjaz Mikos 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 National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction. Prof.
Binod Tiwari is the Coordinator of the Volume 2 of the Fourth World
Landslide Forum. He is a Board member of the International
Consortium on Landslides and an Executive Editor of the
International Journal "Landslides". He is the Chair-Elect of the
Engineering Division of the US Council of Undergraduate Research,
Award Committee Chair of the American Society of Civil Engineering,
Geo-Institute's Committee on Embankments, Slopes, and Dams
Committee. Prof. Yueping Yin is the President of the International
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 supporting organizations, UNESCO, WMO, FAO,
UNISDR, UNU, ICSU, WFEO, IUGS and IUGG. The IPL contributes to the
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and
the ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships 2015-2025.
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