Landslides: the Next Frontier of Hazard Early Warning
Organizer: Met Office
| Landslides are complex hazards that affect many areas of the world and cause significant loss of life and damage. Landslide early warning systems provide an opportunity to generate information in advance of such events, allowing for early actions that can reduce risks and impacts of these hazards. However, landslide early warning systems vary widely in approaches, scale, and many case studies are non-operational. There are also no existing holistic guidance resources for countries considering implementing landslide early warning systems. This session will provide an overview of landslide early warning systems from both a technical and operational/practical perspective, drawing on experiences and knowledge across the globe and case studies of Nepal and India from the Science for Humanitarian Emergencies and Resilience programme (SHEAR). Both slope and regional scale LEWS will be covered in a virtual marketplace format to encourage discussions and tailored sharing of knowledge aligned with participants’ interests and needs. The essential value of a combined approach across physical science, social science and practitioners will be emphasised in order to achieve an operational, sustainable system. |
Speakers:
Emma Bee, Senior Geospatial Analyst
Mauro Rossi, Researcher
Claire Dashwood, Engineering Geohazard Geologist
Robert Neal, Research Scientists
Christian Arnhardt, Engineering Geologist
Alessandro Mondini, Researcher
Arnulf Schiller, Geophysicist
Anshu Ogra, Postdoctoral Research Associate
Jonathan Paul, Lecturer in Earth Science
Mirianna Budimir, Senior Disaster Risk Reduction Advisor
Saibal Ghosh, Director of Geology