Sassa / Fukuoka / Wang Progress in Landslide Science

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-3-540-70965-7
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 379 Seiten

This book presents current progress in landslide science and consists of four parts: progress in landslide science, landslide dynamics, landslide monitoring, and landslide risk assessment. It provides useful information to those working on landslide risk-mitigation planning. It can be also used as an introductory textbook for college students who wish to learn fundamental scientific achievements in the field of landslide disaster reduction.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sassa, Kyoji

Fukuoka, Hiroshi

Wang, Fawu

Wang, Gonghui

Fukuoka, Hiroshi.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Foreword for the Publication of “ Progress in Landslide Science” from UNESCO;5
2;Foreword for the Publication of “ Progress in Landslide Science” from UN/ISDR;7
3;UNESCO’s Contribution to Landslide Risk Reduction;9
4;Establishment of the Technical Journal “ Landslides” as the Successor to “ Landslide News”;11
5;Preface – Aims of This Volume;12
6;Landslides and Cultural Heritage: the Common Thread from IGCP- 425 to ICL/IPL;14
7;Contents;16
8;List of Contributors;22
9;Progress in Landslide Science;27
9.1;Landslide Science as a New Scientific Discipline;28
9.2;An Overview of Landslide Problems in the British Isles, with Reference to Geology, Geography and Conservation;37
9.3;Considerations about the Mechanics of Slow Active Landslides in Clay;50
9.4;Dynamics of Rapid Landslides;69
9.5;Progress in Debris Flow Modeling;80
10;Landslide Dynamics;96
10.1;Undrained Stress-controlled Dynamic-loading Ring-shear Test to Simulate Initiation and Post- failure Motion of Landslides;97
10.2;Shear Behavior and Shear Zone Structure of Granular Materials in Naturally Drained Ring Shear Tests;115
10.3;Rockslides and Their Motion;128
10.4;Residual Shear Strength of Tertiary Mudstone and Influencing Factors;149
10.5;On Failure of Municipal Waste Landfill;159
10.6;Experimental Study with Ring Shear Apparatus on the May 2004 Landslide– Debris Flow at Bettou- dani Valley, Haku- san Mountain, Japan;162
10.7;On the Pore-pressure Generation and Movement of Rainfall- induced Landslides in Laboratory Flume Tests;178
10.8;Ring Shear Tests on Clays of Fracture Zone Landslides and Clay Mineralogical Aspects;193
10.9;Landslides Induced by a Combined Effect of Earthquake and Rainfall;203
10.10;Landslide Experiments on Artificial and Natural Slopes;218
11;Landslide Monitoring;236
11.1;Enlargement of a Failed Area along a Sliding Surface;237
11.2;Airborne LIDAR Data Measurement and Landform Classification Mapping in Tomari- no- tai Landslide Area, Shirakami Mountains, Japan;245
11.3;Integration of Remote Sensing Techniques in Different Stages of Landslide Response;258
11.4;Rock Deformation Monitoring at Cultural Heritage Sites in Slovakia;268
12;Landslide Risk Assessment;281
12.1;Extracting Necessary Pparameters from Real Landslide Mass for Mitigating Landslide Disaster;282
12.2;Landslide Dams Formed by the 2004 Mid-Niigata Prefecture Earthquake in Japan;290
12.3;Shear Behavior of Clay in Slope for Pore Water Pressure Increase;299
12.4;Static and Dynamic Analyses of Slopes by the FEM;308
12.5;Debris Flows in the Vicinity of the Machu Picchu Village, Peru;315
12.6;Engineering Geology and Cultural Heritage: the Conservation of Remaining Bamiyan Buddhas ( Central Afghanistan);321
12.7;Debris Flow Hazard Defense Magnitude Assessment with Numerical Simulation;349
13;The Tokyo Action Plan;363
14;MoUs between ICL and Global Stakeholders to Promote the 2006 Tokyo Action Plan;367
15;Index;374