Proceedings of the 2007 International Forum on Landslide Disaster Management
VOLUME I
Opening Address / R.K.S Chan 1
Session 1 Country / Regional Reports on Landslide Risk Management Practice
Development of slope management in Malaysia 3
CH. Abdullah, A. Mohamad, MA.M Yusof SS Gue & M Mahmud
Landslide risk management in Hong Kong 17
R.K.S Chan & SH. Mak
Experience on landslide risk management in the Eastern Pyrenees (Spain and Andorra): Achievements and challenges 49
J. Corominas
The Alerta Rio System 71
R.N.d Orst
Report on landslide impacts and practices in Switzerland: Need for new risk assessment strategies 79
M Jaboyedoff & Ch. Bonnard
Landslide risk management: Country Report for Norway 99
S Lacasse & F. Nadim
Slope safety and landslide risk management in Korea 125
SG. Lee & SR. Hencher
Landslide risk management in France: Principles, organisation and challenges 169
E. Leroi
Landslide risk management: Country Report - Australia,2007 205
A. Leventhal
Evolution of slope-land hazard mitigation strategies and measures in Taiwan 235
ML. Lin & H.L. Wu
Landslide hazard activities in the United States 251
P.T. Lyttle
Challenges in landslide risk management in a European perspective 261
D. Patel & O. Kjekstad
Landslide disaster management in Italy 281
L. Picarelli, P. Versace,R. de Riso & M. Palmieri
Country Report from Japan: Progress of landslide dynamics and the International Programme on Landslides 319
K. Sassa
Landslide risk management in the United Kingdom 343
M.G. Winter, R.G. McInnes & E.N Bromhead
Landslide mitigation strategy and implementation in China 375
Y.P. Yin, S.J. Wang & Z.Y. Chen
Session Chair’s report on landslide risk management practice 387
A.W. Malone
Record of discussion 391
J.C.Y. Cheuk, H.W. Sun & J.W.C. Lau
Session 2 Forensic Landslide Investigations
The investigation of the Aznalc611ar dam slide failure 409
A. Gens & E. Alonso
Reflections on forensic investigations to determine the naturζ risk, and causes of the 1979 Abbotsford landslide, Dunedin, New Zealand 429
G.T. Hancox
Repeated collapse of cut slopes despite remedial works 451
S.G. Lee & S.R. Hencher
The Storegga slide - case study of an offshore megaslide in the Norwegian Sea 465
F. Nadim & T.J. Kvalstad
Landmark landslides in Malaysia 485
M.A. Othman,M. Mahmud,A. Mohamad & MJ. Sulaiman
Landslide investigations and risk mitigation: The Sarno case 509
P. Versace,G. Capparelli & L. Picarelli
Insights from some milestone landslides in Hong Kong 535
H.N. Wong & K.K.S. Ho
Landslide hazard monitoring and warning system for Li-shan area 555
H.L. Wu & M.B. Su
Session Chair’s report on forensic landslide investigations 567
L. Picarelli
Record of discussion 571
J.S.H. Kwan & H.W. Sun
Session 3 Innovative and Digital Technology
Predicting slope failure using real-time monitoring technology and the TRS sensor 579
K.T. Chaηg,H.S. Han, J.F. Wang, A.N.L. Ho & D. Mothersille
From permanent scatterers to WebGIS: Innovative techniques for landslide monitoring and early warning 587
G. Falorni,P. Canuti,P. Farina,L. Leoni & N. Casagli
Assessment of slope sensor data to support rock slope stability analysis and In什astructure hazard management 599
D.J. Hutchinson,M. Diederichs,K. Kalenchuk & M. Lato
Development and application of geoinformatics for landslide risk management in Hong Kong 619
K.C. Ng & H.N. Woηg
Prediction of rainfall-induced landslides in unsaturated granular soils for setting up of early warning systems 643
L. Picarelli,P. Versace,L. Olivares & E. Damiano
Application of time domain reflectometry for quality control of soil nailing works 667
W.K. Pun, W.M. Cheung, D.O.K. Lo & P.F.K. Cheng
Advances in real-time monitoring of slope stability 687
J.M. Strout,E. DiBiagio & R.G. Omli
Development of a method for multi-scale landslide risk assessment in Cuba 717
C.J. van Westen & E.A. Castellanos Abella
Session Chair’s report on innovative and digital technology 747
S. Lacasse</