In the most destructive and catastrophic landslide events, rocks, soil and fluids can travel at
speeds approaching several tens of metres per second. However, many landslides …

Landslide is one of the repeated geological hazards during rainy season, which causes
fatalities, damage to property and economic losses in Korea. Landslides are responsible for …

The movement of large, slow-moving, deep-seated landslides is regulated principally by
changes in pore-water pressure in the slope. In urban areas, drastic reorganization of the …

Determining the time, location, and severity of natural disaster impacts is fundamental to
formulating mitigation strategies, appropriate and timely responses, and robust recovery …

The seventh edition of Environmental Hazards provides a much expanded and fully up-to-
date overview of all the extreme environmental events that threaten people and what they …

Rainfall-initiated landslides continue to inflict damages and loss of life throughout the world.
Processes and mechanisms revealed from hydrological, geomorphic, geotechnical …

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) equipped with digital compact cameras can be used to
map landslides quickly and at a high ground resolution. Images taken by a radio-controlled …

Real-time monitoring and intelligent early warning system are crucial and significant to take
mitigation measures and reduce casualties and property losses related to landslides. It is …

Abstract Currently, Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Real-Time Kinematic
positioning (RTK) and Precise Point Positioning (PPP) techniques are widely employed for …

Satellite remote sensing is providing a systematic, synoptic framework for advancing
scientific knowledge of the Earth as a complex system of geophysical phenomena that …