Risk Analysis and Protection Engineering of Geological Hazards

Dear Colleagues,

A geological hazard is defined as a naturally occurring or human-made geological phenomenon capable of causing the loss of life and property. With active tectonic movement, ever-changing climate, and increased urbanization, the threats of geological hazards to humans are increasing. Common geological hazards include landslides, rock falls, debris flow, avalanches, earthquakes, ground fissures, ground subsidence, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, water inrush/mud inrush/rockburst in mines or tunnels, etc.

Failure to properly recognize and address the geological hazards in land-use planning and project design is often costly, resulting in additional construction or future maintenance costs, financial losses, and human casualties. For example, in 2018, two successive slope failure events of the Baige landslide (Tibet, China) blocked the Jinsha River, resulting in direct economic losses of 1.07 billion dollars owing to the landslide barrier lake and the dam-breach flood. The key to preventing and mitigating these threats is to comprehensively consider and analyze the potential hazards and the secondary hazards or hazard chains that may form after a disaster occurs. Therefore, reliable risk analysis methods are required to assess the risk of various geological hazards and subsequently guide the implementation of protection engineering and other remedial measures. Moreover, in the face of increasingly complex geological hazard problems, new protection technologies and strategies are urgently needed.

This Special Issue aims to promote research on risk analysis methods and protection engineering of various geological hazards to reduce the losses caused by geological disasters to engineering safety, social development, and human safety.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Case studies of various geological hazards;
• Field monitoring, experimental studies, and numerical simulations of geological hazards;
• New risk analysis methods;
• Susceptibility, hazard, and risk assessment for geological hazards;
• Treatment techniques and engineering materials in protection engineering;
• Geotechnical and structure reliability analysis;
• Forecasting and early warning for geological hazards;
• Protection Engineering of Geological Hazards.

We look forward to receiving your contributions. 

Dr. Gong Jian
Dr. Minxi Chen
Dr. Xinyu Ye
Dr. Dejian Li
Guest Editors

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