Terrigenous Mass Movements Detection, Modelling, Early Warning and M
Terrestrial mass movements (i.e. cliff collapses, soil creeps, mudflows, landslides etc.) are severe forms of natural disasters mostly occurring in mountainous terrain, which is subjected to specific geological, geomorphological and climatological conditi
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Biswajeet Pradhan Manfred Buchroithner •
Editors
Terrigenous Mass Movements Detection, Modelling, Early Warning and Mitigation Using Geoinformation Technology
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Prof. Dr. Biswajeet Pradhan Institute of Advanced Technology Spatial & Numerical Modelling Laboratory University Putra Malaysia (UPM) Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan 43400, Malaysia
Prof. Dr. Manfred Buchroithner Institute of Cartography Dresden University of Technology Helmholtzstr. 10 01062 Dresden Germany
ISBN 978-3-642-25494-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-25495-6
e-ISBN 978-3-642-25495-6
Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012930655 Ó Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: eStudio Calamar Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Mass movements are a serious geologic hazard common to almost every part of the world. Globally, the damage to property caused by all forms of mass movements has been running into billions of dollars annually and thousands of lives have also been lost. Geoinformation technology has revolutionised our understanding of the Earth as an integrated system, giving us a growing capability to forecast changes in weather and climate and allowing observations of changes in land cover and land use and also prediction of landslides. Over the past twelve years the topics of terrigenous mass movements and the use of space-borne remote sensing and GIS has been instrumental for their monitoring, prediction and mitigation. This has been a subject of continuous cooperation between the two editors of this book. Their geological background and their intensive use of remote sensing data of various sensors over many years, combined with an eager interest in modelling, made different types of ‘‘geo’’ mass movements including glacier lake outbursts a major focus of their research. They brought their backgrounds in geology and spatial modeling, along with experiences in the use of remote sensing, to the task of editing a book on mass movements for spatial modelers, environmental scientists, and land planners. Its objective is to show how to make best use of the tools of remote sensing, nu
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