Disaster Risk Reduction, Hazard Assesment, and Risk Analysis
On contrary to hazards which have defined return time for establishing natural hazard maps (for example rock falls or floods), there is no similar methodology for shallow and spontaneous landslides. …
Inventory of shallow and spontaneous landslides and improvement of the methodology to establish hazard and risk maps for the Canton of Vaud Read MoreProf. Chigira stayed at Lausanne in September 2018. The purpose of this collaboration was to compare the deep-seated landslide types between Japan and the Alps. The first two weeks Prof. …
Prof. Chigira visit to Risk-Group (September 2018) Read MoreDr Shiva Pudasaini, mathematician Geoscientist, stayed at UNIL at Institute of Earth Sciences from 1st April to June 30th 2018. He initiated research with Prof. Yury Podladchikov and our group, …
Dr Shiva Pudasaini visited for 3 months ISTE Read MoreThe paper: An overview of potential impact of High-Tech and/or Low–Tech monitoring and early warning systems for landslides. By Zar Chi Aye, Marc-Henri Derron, Michel Jaboyedoff, François Noël, Karen Sudmeier-Rieux, …
TECH4DEV 27-29 June 2018 | SwissTech Convention Centre | EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland Read MoreWith Hans-Ruedi Pfeifer (Hon. Prof. at the University of Lausanne), I had the pleasure to publish a paper in the Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles on the chemical …
Hydrogeochemical characterization of alpine spring waters Read MoreThe field trip on gravitational slope movements for master students took place for the fifth year at Barcelonnette (French Southern Alps) at the beginning of June. During two weeks, the …
Barcelonnette field trip 2018 Read MorePart of the Risk Analysis Group participated to the 7th Canadian Geohazard Conference from the Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS) in Canmore, Canada, on 3 to 6 June 2018. It was …
7th Canadian Geohazard Conference Read MoreProf. Jaboyedoff was invited to give an invited talk in Chengdu MEGE 11-16 May 2018 at the State Key Laboratory of Geohazards Prevention and Geoenvironmental Protection (SKLGP). “The 5th International …
5th International Symposium on Mega Earthquake Induced Geo-disasters and Long-term effects – MEGE 11-16 May 2018 Read MoreThe field trip for bachelor students in environment took place at Les Diablerets mountain village in the Swiss Alps during the first week of May. The nearby Pont Bourquin landslide …
Bachelor Fieldtrip 2018 at Pont Bourquin Read MoreThe Risk Group participated in the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly in Vienna, Austria, on 08 April to 13 April 2018. This meeting was a great success, with 4,776 …
Risk group @ EGU 2018 in Vienna, Austria Read MoreThe Journées de la Géologie Tunisienne was organized by the office national des mines in Hammamet from 23 to 25 March. This year, this conference was dedicated to the mapping …
Tunisian Geological Days on mapping georisks Read MoreBeginning of March was a great opportunity for Marc-Henri Derron to visit sites and colleagues in Taiwan for the first time. Invited by Prof. C.W. Lin (National Cheng Kun Univ. …
Field trip and visit in Taiwan Read More