Disaster Risk Reduction, Hazard Assesment, and Risk Analysis
The 3rd Virtual Geosciences Conference took place in Kingston (Ontario) on 22-24 August 2018. This conference is at the intersection of geomatics, visualization, computer vision, graphics and gaming, as well as virtual …
3rd Virtual Geosciences Conference Read MoreOn 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 More
First, the potential sources of rockfalls are detected. These locations are determined using the slope histogram method. Then, one passes to the analysis and classification of the discontinuities present in …
Aron Somazzi: Rockfall hazard and risk analysis in the Pichoux Gorges (Jura, 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 More