Jaboyedoff was invited to participate to the Technical Exchange Workshop on Large-scale Landslide Prevention and Mitigation (10-12 October 2018) in Taipei organized by Soil and Water Conservation Bureau. His contribution was entitled:
Assessing hazard of large slope mass movements and associated geohazards
This was followed by a two days field trip in central north Taiwan.
It was also the opportunity to present a conference at the Taiwan geological Survey on 9.10.2018:
Why do we need conceptual models for landslides? A point of view!
Coming back from Australia MJ spent two more days (20 and 21 October 2018) on a field trip in Central Taiwan led by Professors C.W. Lin and R.F. Chen. The visits were very interesting. It showed the high activity of landsliding in Taiwan Mountain leading to disasters such as Chi Chi earthquakes (1999) and Morakot Typhoon (2009).
Landslide and mitigation work central north Taiwan.
