Download or read book Landslides and Railways in the Thompson River Valley British Columbia written by D. H. Huntley and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Landslides in western Canada have challenged the development and operation of railways since the late 19th Century. In the 21st Century, pronounced economic and environmental repercussions occur when rail service is disrupted by landslide activity. Innovative research and development at this site provides national railway companies, governments and local communities with better information to predict landslide movement and reduce risks to the environment, economy, natural resources and public safety.

Download or read book The Great Land slides on the Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia written by Robert Brewster Stanton and published by London : Institution of Civil Engineers. This book was released on 1898 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides written by Matjaž Mikoš and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 613 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains peer-reviewed papers from the Fourth World Landslide Forum organized by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL), the Global Promotion Committee of the International Programme on Landslides (IPL), University of Ljubljana (UL) and Geological Survey of Slovenia in Ljubljana, Slovenia from May 29 to June 2, 2017. The complete collection of papers from the Forum is published in five full-color volumes. This third volume contains the following: • One keynote lecture • Landslide Monitoring and Warning: Monitoring Techniques and Technologies, • Early Warning Systems • Landslide Disasters and Relief: Case Studies, Emergency Measures, First Aid, • Civil Protection Measures • Landslide Mitigation, Remediation and Stabilization: Landslide Protection Works, • Landslide Stabilization And Remediation Measures, Landslide Non-Structural Measures Prof. Matjaž Mikoš is the Forum Chair of the Fourth World Landslide Forum. He is the Vice President of International Consortium on Landslides and President of the Slovenian National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction. Prof. Željko Arbanas is representative of Croatian Landslide Group, member of the International Consortium on Landslides. He is the Head of Geotechnical Chair at Faculty of Civil Engineering University of Rijeka, Croatia and the Assistant Editor-in-Chief of International Journal “Landslides”.“/p> Prof. Yueping Yin is the President of the International Consortium on Landslides and the Chairman of the Committee of Geo-Hazards Prevention of China, and the Chief Geologist of Geo-Hazard Emergency Technology, Ministry of Land and Resources, P.R. China. Prof. Kyoji Sassa is the Founding President of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL). He is Executive Director of ICL and the Editor-in-Chief of International Journal “Landslides” since its foundation in 2004. IPL (International Programme on Landslides) is a programme of the ICL. The programme is managed by the IPL Global Promotion Committee including ICL and ICL supporting organizations, UNESCO, WMO, FAO, UNISDR, UNU, ICSU, WFEO, IUGS and IUGG. The IPL contributes to the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and the ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships 2015–2025.

Download or read book Progress in Landslide Research and Technology Volume 1 Issue 1 2022 written by Kyoji Sassa and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-01-10 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book provides an overview of the progress in landslide research and technology and is part of a book series of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL). The book provides a common platform for the publication of recent progress in landslide research and technology for practical applications and the benefit for the society contributing to the Kyoto Landslide Commitment 2020, which is expected to continue up to 2030 and even beyond to globally promote the understanding and reduction of landslide disaster risk, as well as to address the 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals.

Download or read book Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides written by Matjaz Mikos and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-06-10 with total page 1148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains peer-reviewed papers from the Fourth World Landslide Forum organized by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL), the Global Promotion Committee of the International Programme on Landslides (IPL), University of Ljubljana (UL) and Geological Survey of Slovenia in Ljubljana, Slovenia from May 29 to June 2,. The complete collection of papers from the Forum is published in five full-color volumes. This second volume contains the following: • Two keynote lectures • Landslide Field Recognition and Identification: Remote Sensing Techniques, Field Techniques • Landslide Investigation: Field Investigations, Laboratory Testing • Landslide Modeling: Landslide Mechanics, Simulation Models • Landslide Hazard Risk Assessment and Prediction: Landslide Inventories and Susceptibility, Hazard Mapping Methods, Damage Potential Prof. Matjaž Mikoš is the Forum Chair of the Fourth World Landslide Forum. He is the Vice President of International Consortium on Landslides and President of the Slovenian National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction. Prof. Binod Tiwari is the Coordinator of the Volume 2 of the Fourth World Landslide Forum. He is a Board member of the International Consortium on Landslides and an Executive Editor of the International Journal “Landslides”. He is the Chair-Elect of the Engineering Division of the US Council of Undergraduate Research, Award Committee Chair of the American Society of Civil Engineering, Geo-Institute’s Committee on Embankments, Slopes, and Dams Committee. Prof. Yueping Yin is the President of the International Consortium on Landslides and the Chairman of the Committee of Geo-Hazards Prevention of China, and the Chief Geologist of Geo-Hazard Emergency Technology, Ministry of Land and Resources, P.R. China. Prof. Kyoji Sassa is the Founding President of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL). He is Executive Director of ICL and the Editor-in-Chief of International Journal“Landslides” since its foundation in 2004. IPL (International Programme on Landslides) is a programme of the ICL. The programme is managed by the IPL Global Promotion Committee including ICL and ICL supporting organizations, UNESCO, WMO, FAO, UNISDR, UNU, ICSU, WFEO, IUGS and IUGG. The IPL contributes to the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and the ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships 2015–2025.

Download or read book Updated Understanding of Landslides Kinematics Along the Thompson River Valley Using Satellite InSAR written by Amir Soltanieh and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geohazards threaten human's well-being in many different ways. Landslide, as a common geohazard in both natural and anthropogenic man-made features all around the world, generally, damage many infrastructures, nature balance, animal habitat and cause even loss of lives for many creatures as well as human beings when they occur. Transportation corridors along valleys are example of the most vulnerable areas in landslide occurrences. The Thompson River Valley South of town of Ashcroft in British Columbia, Canada is one of the most important transportation corridors within Canada which connects the Port of Vancouver to other parts of Canada to haul goods from and into this port by Canadian Pacific and Canadian National Railways. This corridor hosts several landslides along the valley. Monitoring the landslides along this valley can reduce risk of landslide on the transportation system of Canada by alerting of the existence of any possible landslide in this area or their acceleration. Improvements in remote sensing helps geotechnical engineers to monitor massive areas by using satellite radar interferometry (InSAR). This technology helps to observe terrain movements near real time with milimeter accuracy for massive aerial extents and revisiting times of less than a week. The aerial coverage of Insar, and having different sensors monitoring the same location from different angles o view, provide an opportunity to better understand the 3-dimentional motion of the ground surface that can allow an enhanced kinematic interpretation of the landslide. In this research updating interpretation of kinematic of landslides along the Thompson River valley south of the town of Ashcroft in British Columbia, Canada is presented. For this purpose, I used the data gathered from the Sentinel 1 satellite's constellation, that it is a radar-based technology for measuring ground movement. I estimated the true ground displacement vector iii through geometric combination of different LOS and general assumptions of the expected kinematics of landslides in this thesis. The recorded 2 years LOS changes from different orbits of Sentinel 1 constellations are used in this research to have better understanding of ground's movements in the area of investigation . First, this method is applied for the Ripley landslide, which has been investigated by pervious researchers and the results of recorded data by installed GPS system is used , to validate the accuracy and reliability of the result of this method. The results of the applied method agreed with the reported displacement of the Ripley landslide by GPS system both in magnitudes and directions of movements. , The method is then used to estimate the true ground displacement vectors for other landslides along the Thompson River valley with more impacts on the railways along the valley. The monitoring results of the research allowed for an enhancement in the understanding of the kinematics of the landslides in the study area. Furthermore, this method was tested and validated for this area and provides a tool to extract useful information from Satellite InSAR data.

Download or read book Progress in Landslide Research and Technology Volume 2 Issue 2 2023 written by Irasema Alcántara-Ayala and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2024-01-29 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book provides an overview of the progress in landslide research and technology and is part of a book series of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL). The book provides a common platform for the publication of recent progress in landslide research and technology for practical applications and the benefit for the society contributing to the Kyoto Landslide Commitment 2020, which is expected to continue up to 2030 and even beyond to globally promote the understanding and reduction of landslide disaster risk, as well as to address the 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals.

Download or read book Progress in Landslide Research and Technology Volume 1 Issue 2 2022 written by Irasema Alcántara-Ayala and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-01-10 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book provides an overview of the progress in landslide research and technology and is part of a book series of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL). It gives an overview of recent progress in landslide research and technology for practical applications and the benefit for the society contributing to understanding and reducing landslide disaster risk.

Download or read book Landslides and Engineered Slopes From the Past to the Future Two Volumes CD ROM written by Zuyu Chen and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2008-06-11 with total page 2170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 270 Expert contributions on aspects of landslide hazards, encompassing geological modeling and soil and rock mechanics, landslide processes, causes and effects, and damage avoidance and limitation strategies. Reference source for academics and professionals in geo-mechanical and geo-technical engineering, and others involved with research, des

Download or read book Geotechnics and Hydrology of Landslides in Thompson River Valley Near Ashcroft British Columbia written by Nicholas Franklin Bishop and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Landslides in Pleistocene sediments along the Thompson River, south of Ashcroft, British Columbia have been known since before the Canadian Pacific (CP) railway was built through the valley in the 1880s. The Canadian National (CN) mainline railway, built in the early twentieth century, also follows the valley. Since the CP mainline was open to traffic in 1886, landslides have occurred along both sides of the Thompson valley and have resulted in derailments and traffic disruption along this strategic railway corridor. Past work identified a critical interbedded glaciolacustrine silt and clay unit at the base of the valley fill in which the sliding planes of the landslides were located. In our geotechnical characterization of this unit we identify the clay as the main contributing factor towards the instability of slopes in the Thompson River Valley due to its low residual strength parameters. Ring shear testing of this unit indicate residual friction angles between 10o and 15o. The use of residual shear strength parameters is necessitated by the presence of pre-sheared surfaces in the valley fill material caused by historical landsliding and glacial overriding. An additional contributing factor to slope instability in Thompson River Valley is the presence of artesian pore water pressures located below the failure surfaces of landslides in the valley. Previously suggested explanations for development of the elevated pore pressures include dynamic change in the Thompson River stage, and over irrigation of upslope farm lands.

Download or read book Understanding and Reducing Landslide Disaster Risk written by Binod Tiwari and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-12-22 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a part of ICL new book series “ICL Contribution to Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction” founded in 2019. Peer-reviewed papers submitted to the Fifth World Landslide Forum were published in six volumes of this book series. This book contains the followings: • Five keynote lectures • Recent development in physical modeling of landslides • Recent development in numerical modeling of landslides • Recent development in soil and rock testing techniques, application and analysis methods • Recent advancements in the methods of slope stability and deformation analyses • Recent development in disaster risk assessment Prof. Binod Tiwari is a Vice President of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL). He is the Associate Vice President for research and sponsored project and Professor of civil and environmental engineering at the California State University, Fullerton, California, USA. Prof. Kyoji Sassa is the Founding President and the Secretary-General of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL). He has been the Editor-in-Chief of International Journal Landslides since its foundation in 2004. Prof. Peter Bobrowsky is the President of the International Consortium on Landslides. He is a Senior Scientist of Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Canada. Prof. Kaoru Takara is the Executive Director of the International Consortium on Landslides. He is a Professor and Dean of Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies (GSAIS) in Human Survivability (Shishu-Kan), Kyoto University.

Download or read book Progress in Landslide Research and Technology Volume 2 Issue 1 2023 written by Irasema Alcántara-Ayala and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-12-24 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book provides an overview of the progress in landslide research and technology and is part of a book series of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL). The book provides a common platform for the publication of recent progress in landslide research and technology for practical applications and the benefit for the society contributing to the Kyoto Landslide Commitment 2020, which is expected to continue up to 2030 and even beyond to globally promote the understanding and reduction of landslide disaster risk, as well as to address the 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals.

Download or read book Landslide Risk Management written by Oldrich Hungr and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2005-06-30 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Landslide Risk Management comprises the proceedings of the International Conference on Landslide Risk Management, held in Vancouver, Canada, from May 31 to June 3, 2005. The first part of the book contains state-of-the-art and invited lectures, prepared by teams of authors selected for their experience in specific topics assigned to them by the JTC

Download or read book Understanding Plateau and Prairie Landslides written by David Hayes Huntley and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Open File 8838 is a publication of Interdepartmental Memorandum of Understanding (IMOU) 5170 between Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN), the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC), and Transport Canada Innovation Centre (TC-IC). IMOU 5107 aims to gain new insight into slow-moving landslides and the influence of climate changes through testing conventional and emerging monitoring technologies along strategically important sections of the national railway network in the Thompson River valley, British Columbia, and the Assiniboine River valley along the borders of Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The results of this research will be applicable to other sites in Canada, and elsewhere around the world where slow-moving landslides and climate change are adversely affecting critical socio-economic infrastructure"--Abstract, page 8.

Download or read book Engineering Geology for Society and Territory Volume 2 written by Giorgio Lollino and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-09-16 with total page 2016 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is one out of 8 IAEG XII Congress volumes, and deals with Landslide processes, including: field data and monitoring techniques, prediction and forecasting of landslide occurrence, regional landslide inventories and dating studies, modeling of slope instabilities and secondary hazards (e.g. impulse waves and landslide-induced tsunamis, landslide dam failures and breaching), hazard and risk assessment, earthquake and rainfall induced landslides, instabilities of volcanic edifices, remedial works and mitigation measures, development of innovative stabilization techniques and applicability to specific engineering geological conditions, use of geophysical techniques for landslide characterization and investigation of triggering mechanisms. Focuses is given to innovative techniques, well documented case studies in different environments, critical components of engineering geological and geotechnical investigations, hydrological and hydrogeological investigations, remote sensing and geophysical techniques, modeling of triggering, collapse, run out and landslide reactivation, geotechnical design and construction procedures in landslide zones, interaction of landslides with structures and infrastructures and possibility of domino effects. The Engineering Geology for Society and Territory volumes of the IAEG XII Congress held in Torino from September 15-19, 2014, analyze the dynamic role of engineering geology in our changing world and build on the four main themes of the congress: environment, processes, issues, and approaches. The congress topics and subject areas of the 8 IAEG XII Congress volumes are: Climate Change and Engineering Geology. Landslide Processes. River Basins, Reservoir Sedimentation and Water Resources. Marine and Coastal Processes. Urban Geology, Sustainable Planning and Landscape Exploitation. Applied Geology for Major Engineering Projects. Education, Professional Ethics and Public Recognition of Engineering Geology. Preservation of Cultural Heritage.

Download or read book Landslide Science for a Safer Geoenvironment written by Kyoji Sassa and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-05-16 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains peer-reviewed papers from the Third World Landslide Forum organized by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) in June 2014. The complete collection of papers from the Forum is published in three full-color volumes and one mono-color volume.

Download or read book Advances in Remote Sensing for Infrastructure Monitoring written by Vernon Singhroy and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-12-23 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides international case studies of practical and advanced methods using satellite images integrated with other airborne, drone images and field data to monitor infrastructure. The book is timely, as infrastructure spending by national governments is increasing and robust monitoring techniques are needed to keep pace with climate change impacts affecting infrastructures globally. The expert international contributions that comprise the book provide examples of advanced methods using InSAR, high-resolution optical and radar images, LIDAR, UAV, geophysical techniques and their applications to civil infrastructure. The case studies focus on high-resolution, rapid time-series radar interferometry to monitor highways, railways, pipelines, bridges, urban, and water conveyance infrastructures. Other case studies use optical and radar images to characterize urban infrastructure and monitor damages from floods, oil spills and conflicts. The case studies are global focusing on infrastructure projects in Canada, Dominica Guyana, India Italy, Syria Taiwan, United States and the United Kingdom. This compilation of selected case studies will provide useful guidelines for the civil infrastructure characterization and monitoring communities. The book will be of interest to infrastructure consultants and professionals, scientific communities in earth observation and advanced imaging methods, and researchers and professors in earth sciences, climate change, and civil and geoengineering.