Innovative Approaches to Landslide Monitoring and Urban-Scale Slope Stability Analysis

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite papers for our upcoming Special Issue entitled "Innovative Approaches to Landslide Monitoring and Urban-Scale Slope Stability Analysis". This Special Issue focuses on the intersection of innovative landslide monitoring techniques, urban scale stability analysis, and the integration of these approaches into efficient urban planning.

Landslides are a significant natural hazard, particularly in urban areas, affecting human life, infrastructure, and the environment. This Special Issue aims at highlighting recent advances in technologies such as ground-based sensors and their application in real-time monitoring and early warning systems for landslides as well as focus on how these technologies enable accurate and timely data collection on critical factors influencing landslide occurrence, such as ground displacement, soil moisture content, and groundwater levels. At the same time, we encourage submissions that demonstrate innovative approaches to analyzing slope stability at the urban centre or the basin scale. This includes the proper integration of the collection of geological and geotechnical data over wide areas, the construction of 3-D geological and geotechnical models of the study areas and the application of physically-based calculation models to assess the landslide susceptibility of urban slopes.

A key aspect of this Special Issue is the integration of landslide risk assessment and stability analysis into urban planning. We seek contributions that discuss the development and implementation of effective strategies, policies, guidelines and frameworks for land use planning, infrastructure development, as well as landslide prevention and preparedness, early warning systems and sustainable land management practices in landslide-prone urban environments. By integrating advanced monitoring technologies, urban scale analysis and urban planning, we can better prepare communities to mitigate the impacts of landslides and protect lives and infrastructure.

We welcome original research articles and reviews covering a wide range of topics including, but not limited to, innovative approaches to landslide monitoring, case studies of urban-scale slope stability analysis, strategies for integrating landslide risk assessment into urban planning, and interdisciplinary methodologies combining geotechnical engineering, urban planning, and environmental sciences.

We look forward to receiving your contributions to this critical and evolving field of research.

Submission Topics:

• Innovative approaches in landslide monitoring and risk prediction.
• Case studies of urban scale slope stability analysis.
• Strategies for incorporating landslide risk assessment into urban planning and policy-making.
• Interdisciplinary methodologies combining geotechnical engineering, urban planning, and environmental science.

This Special Issue welcomes original research articles and reviews that link these themes, including the mapping of landslides over wide areas, landslide susceptibility, risk and impact analyses, and rainfall-induced slope failures.

Dr. Nunzio Luciano Fazio
Dr. Piernicola Lollino
Guest Editors

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• landslide monitoring
• slope stability
• ground-based instruments
• remote sensing
• slope stabilization strategies
• landslide risk
• landslide risk assessment into urban planning