WORLD LANDSLIDE FORUM 6
Session 3.7: ADVANCEMENTS IN LANDSLIDE AND DEBRIS FLOW MITIGATION USING GEOSYNTHETICS AND OTHER SOLUTIONS
Florence, Palaffari, 15 November, 11:00 -13:00
CONVENERS:
Kazuo Konagai, International Consortium on Landslides, Japan
Binod Tiwari, California State University, Fullerton, USA
Jouni Jokela, Geonex, Finland
Daniele Cazzuffi, CESI Milano, Italy
Sabatino Cuomo, University of Salerno, Italy
Zeljko Arbanas, University of Rijeka, Croatia
Binod Tiwari, California State University, Fullerton, USA
Landslides and debris flows cause a significant loss of lives and properties, both annually and globally. Mitigation of such hazards not only saves lives and properties, but also helps in developing resilience against landslides and their associated hazards, both in the urban as well as rural settlement and infrastructures. There are various mitigation measures available in practice (soft and hard measures). With the improvement in global networking, sensing technology, and manufacturing, as well as construction technology, there have been significant improvement in both soft and hard measures to mitigate landslide hazards. This session is intended to provide a sharing and discussion platform for those who are currently performing research, designing, or implementing landslide mitigation works in practice. We request researchers/practitioners to submit abstracts on any research or case studies pertinent to landslide and debris flow mitigation.