Landslide and Slope Stability Risk Assessment: Study of Rainfall-Induced Shallow Landslide
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydrogeology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 April 2026 | Viewed by 4
Special Issue Editor
Interests: rainfall-induced landslide; landslide and geotechnical monitoring; pavement technology; mining geotechnics; expansive soils; unsaturated soils
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Dear Colleagues,
Rainfall-induced shallow landslides are among the most frequent and destructive natural hazards worldwide, threatening lives, infrastructure, and the environment. Increasing urbanisation in hilly terrains, together with more intense and unpredictable rainfall events caused by climate change, has heightened the urgency to advance our understanding and management of such hazards. Despite significant progress in field monitoring, modelling, and risk assessment, challenges remain in predicting triggering mechanisms, quantifying uncertainties, and developing effective early warning and mitigation strategies.
This Special Issue aims to provide a platform for researchers, engineers, and practitioners to share the latest advances in the assessment and management of rainfall-induced shallow landslides. Contributions are invited that enhance scientific knowledge, propose innovative methodologies, and demonstrate practical applications for hazard mitigation and risk reduction.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Mechanisms and triggering factors of rainfall-induced shallow landslides;
- Field monitoring techniques, sensor networks, and remote sensing applications;
- Laboratory and numerical modelling approaches for slope stability analysis;
- Probabilistic and deterministic methods for hazard and risk assessment;
- Early warning systems and real-time forecasting tools;
- Climate change impacts on landslide frequency and intensity;
- Mitigation measures, engineering solutions, and community resilience strategies.
Dr. Chaminda Gallage
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- rainfall-induced shallow landslides
- slope stability
- landslide risk assessment
- triggering mechanisms
- numerical modelling
- remote sensing and monitoring
- early warning systems
- climate change impacts
- hazard mitigation
- geotechnical engineering
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