Landslides: a review of achievements in the first 5 years (2004–2009)

The international journal Landslides was initiated in April 2004. It is the core project (IPL-C100) of the International Programme on Landslides, a joint initiative of the International Consortium on Landslides and the United Nations and other global organizations. The aims of Landslides are to promote landslide sciences, technology, and capacity building and strengthen global cooperation for landslide risk reduction within the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction. This paper presents an analysis of the first 5 years of Landslides, the study methods employed, the types and major causes of landslides, the number of different contributors per country, and the “times cited” per issue and most frequently cited papers and briefly discusses some of these. Strategies for future development of the journal involve obtaining input and suggestion from researchers and readers worldwide.

[1]  P. Peduzzi,et al.  Global landslide and avalanche hotspots , 2006 .

[2]  Massimo Ramondini,et al.  Main features of mudslides in tectonised highly fissured clay shales , 2005 .

[3]  John J. Clague,et al.  The Cheam rock avalanche, Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada , 2004 .

[4]  Kiminori Araiba,et al.  Movement of the Shuping landslide in the first four years after the initial impoundment of the Three Gorges Dam Reservoir, China , 2008 .

[5]  Veronica Tofani,et al.  Analysis of the landslide triggering mechanism during the storm of 20th–21st November 2000, in Northern Tuscany , 2006 .

[6]  J. Corominas,et al.  Quantitative assessment of the residual risk in a rockfall protected area , 2005 .

[7]  Jeff Warburton,et al.  Characteristics of the Shetland Islands (UK) peat slides of 19 September 2003 , 2008 .

[8]  M. Ramasco,et al.  Systematic GIS-based landslide inventory as the first step for effective landslide-hazard management , 2005 .

[9]  Thomas J. Douglas,et al.  Geologic, geomorphic, and meteorological aspects of debris flows triggered by Hurricanes Frances and Ivan during September 2004 in the Southern Appalachian Mountains of Macon County, North Carolina (southeastern USA) , 2008 .

[10]  Robin Chowdhury,et al.  Interpretation of probability of landsliding triggered by rainfall , 2004 .

[11]  L. Ermini,et al.  Landslide hazard and risk mapping at catchment scale in the Arno River basin , 2005 .

[12]  Jordi Corominas,et al.  Prediction of ground displacements and velocities from groundwater level changes at the Vallcebre landslide (Eastern Pyrenees, Spain) , 2005 .

[13]  Jonathan P. McKenna,et al.  Regional landslide-hazard assessment for Seattle, Washington, USA , 2005 .

[14]  M. Rossi,et al.  The rainfall intensity–duration control of shallow landslides and debris flows: an update , 2008 .

[15]  Michael Long,et al.  Analysis of the peat slide at Pollatomish, County Mayo, Ireland , 2006 .

[16]  Luciano Picarelli,et al.  The mechanics of mudslides as a cyclic undrained–drained process , 2007 .

[17]  Marten Geertsema,et al.  The Khyex River landslide of November 28, 2003, Prince Rupert British Columbia Canada , 2004 .

[18]  Lyesse Laloui,et al.  Modelling the behaviour of a large landslide with respect to hydrogeological and geomechanical parameter heterogeneity , 2005 .

[19]  Alan P. Dykes,et al.  The liquid limit of peat and its application to the understanding of Irish blanket bog failures , 2006 .

[20]  K. Sassa.  Report of the 2008 First World Landslide Forum on 18–21 November 2008 at UNU, Tokyo , 2009 .

[21]  S. Allen,et al.  Vampire rock avalanches of January 2008 and 2003, Southern Alps, New Zealand , 2009 .

[22]  C. J. Westen,et al.  Generation of a landslide risk index map for Cuba using spatial multi-criteria evaluation , 2007 .

[23]  M. Arora,et al.  An approach for GIS-based statistical landslide susceptibility zonation—with a case study in the Himalayas , 2005 .

[24]  Baolin Wang,et al.  Retrogression characteristics of landslides in fine-grained permafrost soils, Mackenzie Valley, Canada , 2009 .

[25]  E. Brückl,et al.  Potentials of monitoring rock fall hazards by GPR: considering as example the results of Salzburg , 2006 .

[26]  Kyoji Sassa.  Landslide disasters triggered by the 2004 Mid-Niigata Prefecture earthquake in Japan , 2005 .

[27]  Saro Lee,et al.  Landslide susceptibility analysis and its verification using likelihood ratio, logistic regression, and artificial neural network models: case study of Youngin, Korea , 2007 .

[28]  Jan Vlcko.  Extremely slow slope movements influencing the stability of Spis Castle, UNESCO site , 2004 .

[29]  G. Wieczorek,et al.  Regional debris-flow distribution and preliminary risk assessment from severe storm events in the Appalachian Blue Ridge Province, USA , 2004 .

[30]  Qinglin Guo,et al.  Damage and conservation of the high cliff on the Northern area of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, China , 2009 .

[31]  Christophe Bonnard,et al.  Landslide risk management in Switzerland , 2005 .

[32]  Kaare Høeg,et al.  Erosion and morphology of a debris flow caused by a glacial lake outburst flood, Western Norway , 2008 .

[33]  J. Hunter,et al.  Three-dimensional mapping of a landslide using a multi-geophysical approach: the Quesnel Forks landslide , 2004 .

[34]  J. Remondo,et al.  A statistical approach to landslide risk modelling at basin scale: from landslide susceptibility to quantitative risk assessment , 2005 .

[35]  Kyoji Sassa,et al.  A fluidized landslide on a natural slope by artificial rainfall , 2004 .

[36]  Farrokh Nadim,et al.  Alternative approaches for analyses of a 100,000 m3 rock slide based on Barton–Bandis shear strength criterion , 2008 .

[37]  Albert Zondervan,et al.  The Keylong Serai rock avalanche, NW Indian Himalaya: geomorphology and palaeoseismic implications , 2007 .

[38]  Philippa J. Mason,et al.  Regional assessment of landslide impact in the Three Gorges area, China, using ASTER data: Wushan-Zigui , 2007 .

[39]  H. Ochiai,et al.  Coupling pore-water pressure with distinct element method and steady state strengths in numerical triaxial compression tests under undrained conditions , 2007 .

[40]  Alexandre Remaître,et al.  Assessing debris flow hazards associated with slow moving landslides: methodology and numerical analyses , 2004 .

[41]  Kyoji Sassa,et al.  Influence of shear speed and normal stress on the shear behavior and shear zone structure of granular materials in naturally drained ring shear tests , 2007 .

[42]  William E. Brooks,et al.  The Muralla Pircada—an ancient Andean debris flow retention dam, Santa Rita B archaeological site, Chao Valley, Northern Perú , 2005 .

[43]  Kyoji Sassa,et al.  Undrained dynamic-loading ring-shear apparatus and its application to landslide dynamics , 2004 .

[44]  Randall W. Jibson,et al.  The 2005 La Conchita, California, landslide , 2006 .

[45]  Marco Pizziolo,et al.  Landslides in Emilia-Romagna region (Italy): strategies for hazard assessment and risk management , 2005 .

[46]  Samuel Niedermann,et al.  Rock avalanching into a landslide-dammed lake causing multiple dam failure in Las Conchas valley (NW Argentina) — evidence from surface exposure dating and stratigraphic analyses , 2004 .

[47]  C Raúl Carreño,et al.  The Alcamayo and Cedrobamba catastrophic debris flow (January, March and April 2004) in Machupicchu area—Peru , 2006 .

[48]  Oliver Korup,et al.  Distribution of landslides in southwest New Zealand , 2005 .

[49]  Malcolm D. Bolton,et al.  Evaluation of landslide triggering mechanisms in model fill slopes , 2004 .

[50]  Kyoji Sassa,et al.  Earthquake-induced rapid long-traveling flow phenomenon: May 2003 Tsukidate landslide in Japan , 2004 .

[51]  Kyoji Sassa.  The International Programme on Landslides (IPL) , 2004 .

[52]  Alexander Strom,et al.  Extremely large rockslides and rock avalanches in the Tien Shan Mountains, Kyrgyzstan , 2006 .

[53]  Erik Eberhardt,et al.  The Afternoon Creek rockslide near Newhalem, Washington , 2006 .

[54]  Satoshi Fujiwara,et al.  Interpretation of landslide distribution triggered by the 2005 Northern Pakistan earthquake using SPOT 5 imagery , 2007 .

[55]  B. Pradhan,et al.  Landslide hazard mapping at Selangor, Malaysia using frequency ratio and logistic regression models , 2007 .

[56]  Nicola Casagli,et al.  Rainfall patterns and related landslide incidence in the Porretta-Vergato region, Italy , 2004 .

[57]  Kyoji Sassa,et al.  Failure mechanism in an extremely slow rock slide at Bitchu-Matsuyama castle site (Japan) , 2006 .

[58]  Zhitao Huo,et al.  The July 14, 2003 Qianjiangping landslide, Three Gorges Reservoir, China , 2004 .

[59]  Kyoji Sassa,et al.  Quantitative assessment on the influence of heavy rainfall on the crystalline schist landslide by monitoring system -case study on Zentoku landslide, Japan , 2005 .

[60]  Scott McDougall,et al.  Hazard assessment and runout analysis for an unstable rock slope above an industrial site in the Riviera valley, Switzerland , 2009 .

[61]  Nabil Sultan,et al.  The role of sedimentation rate and permeability in the slope stability of the formerly glaciated Norwegian continental margin: the Storegga slide model , 2007 .

[62]  Huang Runqiu,et al.  Some catastrophic landslides since the twentieth century in the southwest of China , 2009 .

[63]  T. Dahlin,et al.  Mapping of quick clay formations using geotechnical and geophysical methods , 2009 .

[64]  Ma Wei,et al.  Slope instability phenomena in permafrost regions of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China , 2006 .

[65]  C. Werner,et al.  Survey and monitoring of landslide displacements by means of L-band satellite SAR interferometry , 2005 .

[66]  Doug Stead,et al.  The Zymoetz River landslide, British Columbia, Canada: description and dynamic analysis of a rock slide–debris flow , 2006 .

[67]  Kyoji Sassa,et al.  Failure processes in a full-scale landslide experiment using a rainfall simulator , 2004 .

[68]  Kyoji Sassa,et al.  Dynamic properties of earthquake-induced large-scale rapid landslides within past landslide masses , 2005 .

[69]  Tatsunori Matsumoto,et al.  Two recent flowslides in Yamashina area, Kanazawa City, Japan , 2005 .

[70]  Giuseppe Luongo,et al.  Volcaniclastic resedimentation on the northern slope of Vesuvius as a direct response to eruptive activity , 2006 .

[71]  N. Casagli,et al.  Ground-based SAR interferometry for monitoring mass movements , 2004 .

[72]  Jan Klimeš,et al.  Influence of glacial retreat on natural hazards of the Palcacocha Lake area, Peru , 2005 .

[73]  Masahiro Chigira,et al.  Using an airborne laser scanner for the identification of shallow landslides and susceptibility assessment in an area of ignimbrite overlain by permeable pyroclastics , 2004 .

[74]  Louise Hansen,et al.  Large, prehistoric clay slides revealed in road excavations in Buvika, mid-Norway , 2008 .

[75]  Thomas Glade,et al.  Recent landslide activity in Manaihan, East Belgium , 2004 .

[76]  N. Bhandary,et al.  Groundwater flow modeling for effective implementation of landslide stability enhancement measures , 2008 .

[77]  David M. Cruden,et al.  LANDSLIDE TYPES AND PROCESSES , 1958 .

[78]  Alessandro Simoni,et al.  Experimental evidences and numerical modelling of debris flow initiated by channel runoff , 2005 .

[79]  Daniele Peila,et al.  Ground reinforced embankments for rockfall protection: design and evaluation of full scale tests , 2007 .

[80]  G. Rawat,et al.  Landslide susceptibility zonation mapping and its validation in part of Garhwal Lesser Himalaya, India, using binary logistic regression analysis and receiver operating characteristic curve method , 2009 .

[81]  Mark Albert H. Zarco,et al.  Catastrophic rockslide-debris avalanche at St. Bernard, Southern Leyte, Philippines , 2007 .

[82]  L. Ayalew,et al.  Landslide susceptibility mapping using GIS-based weighted linear combination, the case in Tsugawa area of Agano River, Niigata Prefecture, Japan , 2004 .

[83]  Sijing Wang,et al.  Characteristics of rapid giant landslides in China , 2004 .

[84]  Kyoji Sassa,et al.  Evolution of Shear-Zone Structure in Undrained Ring-Shear Tests , 2004 .

[85]  Jun Chen,et al.  A rapid loess flowslide triggered by irrigation in China , 2009 .

[86]  Claudio Margottini,et al.  Instability and geotechnical problems of the Buddha niches and surrounding cliff in Bamiyan Valley, central Afghanistan , 2004 .

[87]  H. Kienholz,et al.  Rockfalls into forests: Analysis and simulation of rockfall trajectories — considerations with respect to mountainous forests in Switzerland , 2004 .

[88]  David N. Petley,et al.  Formation and failure of the Tsatichhu landslide dam, Bhutan , 2006 .

[89]  Isakbek Torgoev,et al.  Landslides in the Mailuu-Suu Valley, Kyrgyzstan—Hazards and Impacts , 2006 .

[90]  Manoj K. Arora,et al.  Landslide risk assessment using concepts of danger pixels and fuzzy set theory in Darjeeling Himalayas , 2008 .

[91]  Kaare Høeg,et al.  A landslide database for Nicaragua: a tool for landslide-hazard management , 2007 .

[92]  Rex L. Baum,et al.  Modeling regional initiation of rainfall-induced shallow landslides in the eastern Umbria Region of central Italy , 2006 .

[93]  Alexander Strom,et al.  Rock avalanches of the Ardon River valley at the southern foot of the Rocky Range, Northern Caucasus, North Osetia , 2004 .

[94]  Kyoji Sassa,et al.  Observation of shear zone development in ring-shear apparatus with a transparent shear box , 2006 .

[95]  Matthias Jakob,et al.  Hydrometeorological thresholds for landslide initiation and forest operation shutdowns on the north coast of British Columbia , 2006 .

[96]  Kyoji Sassa,et al.  “2006 Tokyo Action Plan”—strengthening research and learning on landslides and related earth system disasters for global risk preparedness , 2006 .

[97]  Alessandro Corsini,et al.  Large reactivated landslides in weak rock masses: a case study from the Northern Apennines (Italy) , 2006 .

[98]  M. McSaveney,et al.  The Acheron rock avalanche, Canterbury, New Zealand—morphology and dynamics , 2006 .

[99]  Naoshi Hirata,et al.  Fault system of the 2004 Mid Niigata Prefecture Earthquake and its aftershocks , 2005 .

[100]  Giannantonio Bottino,et al.  Debris-flow event in the Frangerello Stream-Susa Valley (Italy)—calibration of numerical models for the back analysis of the 16 October, 2000 rainstorm , 2008 .

[101]  Kyoji Sassa,et al.  Landslide risk evaluation and hazard zoning for rapid and long-travel landslides in urban development areas , 2004 .

[102]  Neil Dixon,et al.  Impact of predicted climate change on landslide reactivation: case study of Mam Tor, UK , 2007 .

[103]  Róbert Jelínek,et al.  Landslide hazard zonation by deterministic analysis (Veľká Čausa landslide area, Slovakia) , 2007 .

[104]  Edward N. Bromhead,et al.  A review of landsliding and coastal erosion damage to historic fortifications in South East England , 2006 .