scholarly journals Overview of Landslide Hydrology

Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy Sidle ◽  
Roberto Greco ◽  
Thom Bogaard
Keyword(s):  
Debris Flows ◽  
Property Damage ◽  
Loss Of Life ◽  
Extensive Property ◽  
Landslides And Debris Flows

Most landslides and debris flows worldwide occur during or following periods of rainfall, and many of these have been associated with major disasters causing extensive property damage and loss of life [...]

Settlement Isolation Susceptibility due to Heavy Rain Caused Road Closure

2013 ◽  
Vol 723 ◽  
pp. 656-663
Author(s):  
Shu Rong Yang
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Debris Flows ◽  
Heavy Rain ◽  
Transportation Infrastructure ◽  
Public Administrators ◽  
Typhoon Morakot ◽  
Loss Of Life ◽  
Southern Taiwan ◽  
Road Closure ◽  
Landslides And Debris Flows

On August 9, 2009, Typhoon Morakot struck Taiwan, triggering landslides and debris flows and destroying transportation infrastructure in the southern mountains. Many settlements in this area were isolated due to road closure. Residents were trapped in the settlements and unable to evacuate to safe places. Also, emergency goods were unable to be transported to the settlements. In order to minimize the loss of life and property associated with future typhoon, public administrators should evacuate residents before access routes to settlements are affected.In this study, settlements in Lao-Nong River basin of Southern Taiwan were ranked in accordance to isolation susceptibility. Susceptibility was estimated by overlaying maps of landslides, debris flows, temporary roads and primary mountain road layers. Criteria used to evaluate the isolation susceptibility were developed using an expert-based approach. The isolation susceptibilities of settlements were categorized into 3 levels, namely high, moderate and low.

RESEARCH OF LANDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN BAILONG RIVER BASIN:PROGRSS AND PROSPECT

2013 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xingmin MENG ◽  
Guan CHEN ◽  
Peng GUO ◽  
Muqi XIONG ◽  
Wasowski Janusz
Keyword(s):  
Debris Flows ◽  
Landslides And Debris Flows

scholarly journals Comparison of length and dynamics of wood pieces in streams covered with coniferous and broadleaf forests mapped using orthophotos acquired by an unmanned aerial vehicle

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Haruka Tsunetaka ◽  
Slim Mtibaa ◽  
Shiho Asano ◽  
Takashi Okamoto ◽  
Ushio Kurokawa
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Debris Flows ◽  
Rain Gauge ◽  
Japan Meteorological Agency ◽  
Landslide Occurrence ◽  
Direct Measurements ◽  
Wood Piece ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Main Components ◽  
Landslides And Debris Flows

AbstractAs wood pieces supplied by landslides and debris flows are one of the main components of ecological and geomorphic systems, the importance of quantifying the dimensions of the wood pieces is evident. However, the low accessibility of disturbed channels after debris flows generally impedes accurate and quick wood-piece investigations. Thus, remote-sensing measurements for wood pieces are necessitated. Focusing on sub-watersheds in coniferous and broadleaf forests in Japan (the CF and BF sites, respectively), we measured the lengths of wood pieces supplied by landslides (> 0.2 m length and > 0.03 m diameter) from orthophotos acquired using a small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The measurement accuracy was analyzed by comparing the lengths derived from the UAV method with direct measurements. The landslides at the CF and BF sites were triggered by extremely heavy rainfalls in 2017 and 2018, respectively. UAV flights were operated during February and September 2019 at the CF site and during November 2018 and December 2019 at the BF site. Direct measurements of wood pieces were carried out on the date of the respective second flight date in each site. When both ends of a wood piece are satisfactorily extracted from an orthophoto acquired by the UAV, the wood-piece lengths at the CF site can be measured with an accuracy of approximately ±0.5 m. At the BF site, most of the extracted lengths were shorter than the directly measured lengths, probably because the complex structures of the root wad and tree crown reduced the visibility. Most wood pieces were discharged from landslide scars at the BF site, but at the CF site, approximately 750 wood pieces remained in the landslide scars approximately 19 months after the landslide occurrence. The number of wood pieces in the landslide scars of the CF site increased with increasing landslide area, suggesting that some wood pieces can be left even if large landslides occur. The lengths and locations of the entrapped wood pieces at both sites were not significantly changed between the two UAV flight dates. However, during this period, the rainfall intensities around the CF site measured by the closest rain-gauge of the Japan Meteorological Agency reached their second highest values from 1976 to 2019, which exceeded the 30-year return period. This suggests that most of the entrapped wood pieces rarely migrated even under intense rainfall.

scholarly journals Geohazards Susceptibility Assessment along the Upper Indus Basin Using Four Machine Learning and Statistical Models

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 315
Author(s):  
Hilal Ahmad ◽  
Chen Ningsheng ◽  
Mahfuzur Rahman ◽  
Md Monirul Islam ◽  
Hamid Reza Pourghasemi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Debris Flows ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Indus Basin ◽  
Annual Rainfall ◽  
Slope Aspect ◽  
Topographic Wetness Index ◽  
Susceptibility Maps ◽  
Landslides And Debris Flows

The China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project passes through the Karakoram Highway in northern Pakistan, which is one of the most hazardous regions of the world. The most common hazards in this region are landslides and debris flows, which result in loss of life and severe infrastructure damage every year. This study assessed geohazards (landslides and debris flows) and developed susceptibility maps by considering four standalone machine-learning and statistical approaches, namely, Logistic Regression (LR), Shannon Entropy (SE), Weights-of-Evidence (WoE), and Frequency Ratio (FR) models. To this end, geohazard inventories were prepared using remote sensing techniques with field observations and historical hazard datasets. The spatial relationship of thirteen conditioning factors, namely, slope (degree), distance to faults, geology, elevation, distance to rivers, slope aspect, distance to road, annual mean rainfall, normalized difference vegetation index, profile curvature, stream power index, topographic wetness index, and land cover, with hazard distribution was analyzed. The results showed that faults, slope angles, elevation, lithology, land cover, and mean annual rainfall play a key role in controlling the spatial distribution of geohazards in the study area. The final susceptibility maps were validated against ground truth points and by plotting Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic (AUROC) curves. According to the AUROC curves, the success rates of the LR, WoE, FR, and SE models were 85.30%, 76.00, 74.60%, and 71.40%, and their prediction rates were 83.10%, 75.00%, 73.50%, and 70.10%, respectively; these values show higher performance of LR over the other three models. Furthermore, 11.19%, 9.24%, 10.18%, 39.14%, and 30.25% of the areas corresponded to classes of very-high, high, moderate, low, and very-low susceptibility, respectively. The developed geohazard susceptibility map can be used by relevant government officials for the smooth implementation of the CPEC project at the regional scale.

scholarly journals On the water hazards in the trans-boundary Kosi River basin

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 795-808 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Sh. Chen ◽  
G. Sh. Hu ◽  
W. Deng ◽  
N. Khanal ◽  
Y. H. Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Debris Flows ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Site Investigation ◽  
Population Increase ◽  
Glacial Lake ◽  
Ganges River ◽  
Landslides And Debris Flows ◽  
Water Hazards ◽  
The Ganges ◽  
Basin Area

Abstract. The Kosi River is an important tributary of the Ganges River, which passes through China, Nepal and India. With a basin area of 71 500 km2, the Kosi River has the largest elevation drop in the world (from 8848 m of Mt Everest to 60 m of the Ganges Plain) and covers a broad spectrum of climate, soil, vegetation and socioeconomic zones. The basin suffers from multiple water related hazards including glacial lake outburst, debris flow, landslides, flooding, drought, soil erosion and sedimentation. This paper describes the characteristics of water hazards in the basin, based on the literature review and site investigation covering hydrology, meteorology, geology, geomorphology and socio-economics. Glacial lake outbursts are a huge threat to the local population in the region and they usually further trigger landslides and debris flows. Floods are usually a result of interaction between man-made hydraulic structures and the natural environment. Debris flows are widespread and occur in clusters. Droughts tend to last over long periods and affect vast areas. Rapid population increase, the decline of ecosystems and climate change could further exacerbate various hazards in the region. The paper has proposed a set of mitigating strategies and measures. It is an arduous challenge to implement them in practice. More investigations are needed to fill in the knowledge gaps.

scholarly journals Forensic Investigations of Crane Accidents

1991 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip J. Alterman
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Property Damage ◽  
Loss Of Life ◽  
Operator Error ◽  
The Past ◽  
Forensic Investigations ◽  
Acts Of God ◽  
Natural Calamity

The following information has been acquired over the past 15 years assisting insurance adjusters and attorneys. Quite often we are asked to establish the scope of the loss, prepare an estimate of damages, express an opinion as to the cause of the accident and sometimes assist the insured in mitigating the loss. On occasion, we have provided personnel to monitor the repairs and review all expenditures. The various types of cases which are described herein were selected to reflect the variety of cranes, the different causes of accidents, the unusual problems encountered in performing our duties and proposed methods for eliminating loss of life and mitigating property damage. The causation of crane accidents can be classified in three general categories; (#I) Natural Calamity or Acts of God; (#2) Failure of the Equipment and (#3) Operator Error. An increased awareness of safety in the work environment can be enhanced by the examination of accidents, the identification of the hazard

scholarly journals Epistemic uncertainties and natural hazard risk assessment – Part 2: Different natural hazard areas

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. J. Beven ◽  
S. Almeida ◽  
W. P. Aspinall ◽  
P. D. Bates ◽  
S. Blazkova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Debris Flows ◽  
Volcanic Ash ◽  
Natural Hazard ◽  
Epistemic Uncertainty ◽  
Probability Distributions ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Pyroclastic Flows ◽  
Dam Safety ◽  
Landslides And Debris Flows ◽  
Hazard Risk Assessment

Abstract. This paper discusses how epistemic uncertainties are considered in a number of different natural hazard areas including floods, landslides and debris flows, dam safety, droughts, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic ash clouds and pyroclastic flows, and wind storms. In each case it is common practice to treat most uncertainties in the form of aleatory probability distributions but this may lead to an underestimation of the resulting uncertainties in assessing the hazard, consequences and risk. It is suggested that such analyses might be usefully extended by looking at different scenarios of assumptions about sources of epistemic uncertainty, with a view to reducing the element of surprise in future hazard occurrences. Since every analysis is necessarily conditional on the assumptions made about the nature of sources of epistemic uncertainty it is also important to follow the guidelines for good practice suggested in the companion Part 1 by setting out those assumptions in a condition tree.

scholarly journals Mobility characteristics of debris slides and flows triggered by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico

Landslides ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (12) ◽  
pp. 2795-2809 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin K. Bessette-Kirton ◽  
Jeffrey A. Coe ◽  
William H. Schulz ◽  
Corina Cerovski-Darriau ◽  
Mason M. Einbund
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Debris Flows ◽  
Extreme Rainfall ◽  
Source Areas ◽  
Tropical Environments ◽  
Digital Elevation ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Hazard And Risk ◽  
Elevation Model ◽  
Landslides And Debris Flows

Abstract Mobility is an important element of landslide hazard and risk assessments yet has been seldom studied for shallow landslides and debris flows in tropical environments. In September 2017, Hurricane Maria triggered > 70,000 landslides across Puerto Rico. Using aerial imagery and a lidar digital elevation model (DEM), we mapped and characterized the mobility of debris slides and flows in four different geologic materials: (1) mudstone, siltstone, and sandstone; (2) submarine basalt and chert; (3) marine volcaniclastics; and (4) granodiorite. We used the ratio of landslide-fall height (H) to travel length (L), H/L, to assess the mobility of landslides in each material. Additionally, we differentiated between landslides with single and multiple source areas and landslides that either did or did not enter drainages. Overall, extreme rainfall contributed to the mobility of landslides during Hurricane Maria, and our results showed that the mobility of debris slides and flows in Puerto Rico increased linearly as a function of the number of source areas that coalesced. Additionally, landslides that entered drainages were more mobile than those that did not. We found that landslides in soils developed on marine volcaniclastics were the most mobile and landslides in soils on submarine basalt and chert were the least mobile. While landslides were generally small (< 100 m2) and displayed a wide range of H/L values (0.1–2), coalescence increased the mobility of landslides that transitioned to debris flows. The high but variable mobility of landslides that occurred during Hurricane Maria and the associated hazards highlight the importance of characterizing and understanding the factors influencing landslide mobility in Puerto Rico and other tropical environments.

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