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Understanding and Reducing Landslide Disaster Risk (WLF 2020)

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Abstract

Landslides are among one of the most devastating natural disasters affecting millions of people, causing tens of thousands of deaths and resulting in millions to billions of dollars of damage annually. Examination of historical data suggests an increase in the number of slope failures along with an increase in the two major triggers—an increase in the number of significant earthquakes and wetter than average annual precipitations. These trends highlight the continued need to improve landslide science and understanding. This paper presents a summary of the recent advances in knowledge pertinent to the methods of slope stability and deformation analyses starting with the state of practice as detailed by Prof. J. Michael Duncan in 1996. Specifically, the paper focuses on the improvements to the computational and graphical capabilities with the widespread use and availabilities of computers, the ability to perform macro level stability analysis for regions, the advent of probabilistic slope stability analyses, developments in slope stability analyses of unsaturated slopes, and new methods to perform deformation analyses. Several case studies highlighting these advances are also included.

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Ajmera, B., Tiwari, B. (2021). Recent Advances in the Methods of Slope Stability and Deformation Analyses. In: Tiwari, B., Sassa, K., Bobrowsky, P.T., Takara, K. (eds) Understanding and Reducing Landslide Disaster Risk. WLF 2020. ICL Contribution to Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60706-7_5

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