Geomatics and Natural Hazards

Dear Colleagues,

Nowadays scientists and practitioners have an unprecedented access to a broad range of extremely powerful and diffuse tools to observe, characterize and monitor unstable slopes at various temporal and spatial scales and with different sensors. To interpret huge amounts of data and exploit results in the assessment of structural and non-structural landslide risk mitigation measures, an even deeper understanding of geological and geomorphological processes acting in mountain environments is essential. Therefore, Geoscientists should work closely together to gather, store, process, deliver and elaborate robust information with the final aim to allow the stakeholders to tackle with emerging sustainable development issues in fragile mountain areas under a changing climate.

This Special Issue aims to collect relevant and original papers regarding both innovative methods and case studies in which remote sensing and in situ techniques are integrated for landslide hazard and risk management.

Works dealing with the experimental use of novel sensors and data processing techniques are expected, along with examples integrating remote sensing data in numerical modelling exercises. For example, we elicit papers describing slope characterization and displacement monitoring, acquisition and processing of high-resolution point clouds for the detection of rock mass discontinuities and related properties, estimation of landslide movement, accumulation and depletion, volume, depth, runout prior, during and after failure.

Prof. Dr. Lisa Borgatti
Prof. Dr. Enrico Borgogno Mondino
Prof. Dr. Alessandro Corsini
Dr. Daniele Giordan
Prof. Dr. Stefano Gandolfi
Prof. Dr. Mauro Soldati
Guest Editors

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