Special Issue "Landslide Trends under Extreme Climate Events"
A special issue of Climate (ISSN 2225-1154).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2019).
Special Issue Editors
Interests: remote sensing; SAR; detection and mapping; landslides; machine learning
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Global warming is linked to the intensification of extreme rainfall, a primary trigger of landslides all over the world. Sudden snow melting, permafrost degradation, and gradual and extensive drying up can also affect and modify slope stability. An increase in the frequency and the intensity of extreme climate events (e.g., hurricanes, typhoons, and heavy downpours) already observed in many regions of the world is likely to change the spatial and temporal distribution of landslides; however, these changes and the impact they have on the society are difficult to predict quantitatively. In addition, lack of systematic investigations on the relationship among extreme climate events, soil and land cover evolutions and their feedback on landslide trends is an obstacle for adaptation and risk mitigation strategies.
This Special Issue aims at collecting studies addressing:
- Challenges in landslide mapping, modelling, and monitoring in the presence of extreme climate events
- Changes in the spatial and temporal occurrence of rainfall-induced landslides at different scales
- Landslide early warning systems and mitigation actions in the presence of black and grey swan events
- New landslide trends in multi-hazard contexts
Dr. Alessandro Mondini
Prof. Dr. Karl Chang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Landslide trends
- Hydro-meteo black swans
- Landslide early warning systems
- Multi-hazard