EGU General Assembly 2007

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	Quick Search Title + Author Title Author Abstract Number Schedule Number Programme Groups Great Debates Union Symposia Educational Symposia Atmospheric Sciences Biogeosciences Climate: Past, Present, Future Cryospheric Sciences Energy, Resources and the Environment Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology Geodesy Geodynamics Geomorphology Geosciences Instrumentation and Data Systems Hydrological Sciences Isotopes in Geosciences: Instrumentation and Applications Magnetism, Palaeomagnetism, Rock Physics & Geomaterials Natural Hazards Nonlinear Processes in Geosciences Ocean Sciences Planetary and Solar System Sciences Seismology Soil System Sciences Solar-Terrestrial Sciences Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology Tectonics and Structural Geology Medal Lectures EGU Short Courses Keynote Lectures Townhall Meetings Division Business Meetings Editorial Board Meetings Union Meetings Splinter Meetings Forums   Information - NH3.10 Estimating landslide hazards and risk (co-listed in GM) Event Information Landslides cause disasters resulting in deaths, injuries and homelessness every year. They affect communities, roads and other infrastructure and constitute a major problem in many developed and developing countries. Despite the large impact of mass movements on the natural and human environments, little is known of the actual extent of landslide risk in many countries. Increasing development results in an amplification of landslide risk. Climate change has locally increased the intensity of rainfall, raising the frequency of fast moving, shallow landslides. The population growth and the expansion of settlements and lifelines into potentially hazardous areas are increasing the potential impact of landslides. To reduce potential damage caused by landslides, one management option is the development and utilization of monitoring and warning systems. These systems should be combined with regulations aimed at minimizing the loss of lives and property damage without investing in long-term, costly projects of ground stabilization. The session is aimed at comparing qualitative or quantitative risk estimates in different areas based on different scales. Since it is necessary to assess landslide hazard before evaluating landslide risk, contributions dealing with landslide mapping and landslide hazard assessment are welcomed. Presentations on landslide hazard and risk assessment at local, regional or national scale and in different physiographic, climatic and geological settings are solicited. Contributions dealing with heuristic, statistical, deterministic or physical based methods and models to evaluate and compare landslide hazards and risk are strongly encouraged. Papers dealing with the frequency-magnitude statistics of landslides and of landslide risk are encouraged. The session’s aim is to provide a recent state-of-the-art overview on landslide hazards and risk assessment studies. Following what has become an EGS/EGU tradition, we look forward to collect in a book or a special issue of an international, peer reviewed journal the best papers presented at the conference as posters or oral communications. Preliminary List of Solicited Speakers Co-Sponsorship General Statement The information contained hereafter has been compiled and uploaded by the Session Organizers via the "Organizer Session Form". The Session Organizers have therefore the sole responsibility that this information is true and accurate at the date of publication, and the conference organizer cannot accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made, and he makes no warranty, expressed or implied, with regard to the material published. Back to Session Programme

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