Disaster Risk Reduction, Hazard Assesment, and Risk Analysis
In the south of Switzerland, the canton Ticino corresponds to the transition from a pre-Alpine to a fully Alpine setting. It is exposed to great number of natural hazards, including …
Amalia Gutiérrez : Geological, geometrical, and statistical analysis of landslides and rockfalls listed in Ticino during the last 20 years Read More3rd and 4th of May 2022, the group welcomed 36 bachelor students in les Diablerets. The goal was to make them map their first landslide : Pont Bourquin landslide. This …
Bachelor fieldtrip : study of Pont Bourquin landslide Read MoreExcerpt from the full article: Casagli, N., Guzzetti, F., Jaboyedoff, M., Nadim, F., Petley, D., 2017. Hydrological risk: landslides. In: Poljanšek, K., Marín Ferrer, M., De Groeve, T., Clark, I. …
Hydrological Risk: Landslide Read MoreAbstract : During the past 20 years, the fast development of several remote sensors (e.g. Optical imaging, LIDAR, RADAR, etc.) assembled on satellite, aerial or terrestrial platforms is changing our …
Mapping and Monitoring of Landslides using LIDAR Read MoreAbstract: Laser scanning or LiDAR has been revolutionary for landslide research because it provides high-resolution 3D topography, which allows for characterizing all types of landslides in more detail. The major …
Landslide analysis using laser scanners Read More
Pierrick Nicolet Director: Prof. Dr Michel Jaboyedoff Jury: Prof. Dr Paolo Frattini, Dr Alexander Garcia Aristizabal, Dr Markus Imhof, Dr Farrokh Nadim, Prof. Dr Suren Erkman, Prof. Dr Jean-Luc Epard …
Pierrick Nicolet: Quantitative risk analysis for natural hazards at local and regional scales Read More
Clément Michoud Directors: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff and Dr. Marc-Henri Derron Jury: Dr. François J. Baillifard, Prof. Lars H. Blikra, Prof. Jacques Locat, Dean François Bussy Landslide processes can have direct …
Clément Michoud: From Regional Landslide Detection to Site-Specific Slope Deformation Monitoring and Modelling Based on Active Remote Sensors 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 MoreGood news! The number of citations that we are receiving concerning Natural Hazards related journals is considerably increasing… For the past five years we have had the 2nd most cited …
On the impact of our research in Natural Hazards journals Read More
Alpine municipalities are exposed to numerous natural hazards, such as snow avalanches, rockfalls, landslides and debris flows. The Bagnes and Vollèges municipalities in Valais (Switzerland) lie between 600 m and 4200 …
Advanced Susceptibility Mapping for Natural Hazards in the Swiss Alpine Valley of Bagnes Read More