1st Edition
The Role of Geospatial Technologies in Landslide Hazard Assessment
This book is designed to provide detailed methodological framework for landslide hazard assessment. The focus is on various dimensions of landslide hazard assessment including terminologies used in landslide hazard analysis, landslide inventory systems used globally and their relevance in generating complete and reliable landslide database for further analysis supported by global case studies. It includes overview of methodological developments in landslide hazard assessment and role of geospatial technologies in landslide studies.
Features:
- Helps understand the technical details of geospatial techniques applied in hazard management.
- Deals with the practicalities of how to recognize and classify unstable terrain.
- Covers recent advances in landslide estimation, particularly the automated means of landslide susceptibility estimation.
- Explores methodological frameworks of landslide hazard assessment.
- Illustrates case studies from USA, Europe and Asia including demonstration of different methodologies of landslide susceptibility zonation.
This book is aimed at researchers, graduate students, and libraries in geotechnical and environmental engineering.
1. Introduction. 2. Recent advances in methods and techniques of landslide hazard assessment. 3. Review of Landslide investigations in the world: recent trends. 4. Spatial patterns of landslides and their Characteristics: Case studies. 5. Landslide Susceptibility Zonation: Case studies. 6. Landslide Risk Assessment: Case Studies. 7. Landslide Hazard Management/mitigation measures: recent developments.
Biography
Sudhakar Dhondu Pardeshi is presently working as Professor of Geography in Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune. Before joining this University, he served as Lecturer of Geography in Ahmednagar College, Ahmednagar. His interest areas are Geomorphology, landslide studies, water resource management, Remote Sensing and GIS applications. He has teaching and research experience of 29 years at graduate and post graduate level. He has published his research work in various national and international journals.
Sumant Eknath Autade is an Associate Professor in Geography at Swami Vivekanand Night College in Dombivli affiliated to University of Mumbai. He has teaching and research experience of 18 years at graduate and post graduate level. His research interests are in application of remotely sensed data in natural hazard assessment particularly landslides. He has published his 13 research papers in various journals of national and international repute. He has completed four research projects funded by State and National funding agencies.
Suchitra Sudhakar Pardeshi is a Professor of Geography in Prof. Ramkrishna More ACS College College, Akurdi, Pune. Earlier she has served in Shivaji University, Kolhapur and K.S.K.W. ASC College, Nasik. Her interest areas are Geomorphology, landslide studies, flood hazard assessment, Remote Sensing and GIS Applications. She has 28 years of teaching and research experience at graduate and post graduate level. She has published his research work in various national and international journals. She has completed four research projects funded by different national research funding agencies.
