Disaster Risk Reduction, Hazard Assesment, and Risk Analysis
EPIC team from the UNIL Risk Analysis group has recently carried out a field trip in Pokhara area, western region of Nepal. The purpose of the visit was to carry …
Pokhara field trip, March 2015, EPIC Nepal Project Read MoreHello to everyone, Our short course at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly entitled “Use of 3D point clouds in Geosciences: Acquisition, Processing and Applications” was very successful and we …
Short course @EGU2015 Read MoreThe Risk Analysis Group of ISTE at this very sad to announce the death of: Le Groupe Risk Analysis à l’immense tristesse de vous faire part du décès de: Jacques …
Triste nouvelle (sad news) Read MoreHello to everyone, We will be presenting a Short Course at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly. The course is entitled “Use of 3D point clouds in Geosciences: Acquisition, Processing …
SHORT COURSE at EGU2015 Read MoreWe have been invited for edit a special issue at Remote Sensing journal entitled: “Use of LiDAR and 3D point clouds in Geohazards” Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2015 …
Special Issue “Use of LiDAR and 3D point clouds in Geohazards” Read MoreIn January 2015, M. Franz and M. Jaboyedoff were invited to participate to the workshop: “Tsunamis due to subaerial and subaqueous landslides; Challenges and directions forward” in Oslo, because Martin …
Tsunamis due to subaerial and subaqueous landslides; Challenges and directions forward – Oslo / 22-23 January 2015 Read MoreA few days ago we received a phone call from the New York Times graphics editor Derek Watkins who was preparing an article on a team of two American rock-climbers …
3D point clouds in the media Read MoreLe 17 janvier 2015 dès 8h30 (ou 11h30) Image des Dents du Midi B. Matasci (COLTOP-3D) Le comité des anciens de l’institut des Sciences de la Terre de l’Université de …
Fête des Sciences de la Terre Lausannoises Read MoreThis Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) covers a broad range of topics from disaster management, climate change, ecosystem management and community resilience. How these issues are linked and how well-managed ecosystems …
Announcing “Disasters and Ecosystems: Resilience in a Changing Climate”, a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to be launched 12 January, 2015 Read MoreA team from UNIL Risk Analysis Group recently conducted a field study trip in the Pokhara area of Western Nepal, where UNIL (in collaboration with IUCN) is establishing three bio-engineering …
New weather stations and LIDAR scans in Nepal Read MoreA three-storey appartment building was destroyed by a landslide on November 16th 2014 in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Two women were killed. At 2:30 pm, a wall -weakened by the heavy …
Mudslide crashed into a small building in the Swiss Alps Read MoreA two-storey house located in a large wooded area was destroyed by a landslide on November 5th 2014 in the canton of Ticino. The two occupants, a mother and her …
Landslide destroy a house in Swiss Alps Read More