Soil degradation has become one of the serious global environmental problems, biochar is
a recyclable natural material which has been widely used in soil remediation. Soil cracking …

Sikkim, one of the Northeastern states of India, is a famous tourism spot in the Himalayas
with dynamic population density. This mountainous area receives heavy rainfall and is well …

Recently, ECMWF has released a new generation of reanalysis, acknowledged as ERA5,
able to deliver a comprehensive, free, and operative picture of the past weather, exploiting …

The application of physically-based approaches for slope failure analysis at a catchment
scale remains a difficult challenge, and several new models have been proposed in recent …

Abstract The Dadu River Basin (DRB) is an important economic corridor on the Chuanxi
Plateau. The DRB is located in the highly changeable terrain of the eastern Qinghai-Tibet …

Among the diverse mitigation measures available for reducing the risk to life related to
landslides, early warning systems certainly constitute a significant option available to the …

Shallow flowslides, debris flows and debris avalanches are rainfall-induced landslides
consisting in the shear failure of few metres of soils (or in some cases even less than a …

Studies on rainfall-induced landslides are essential for protecting the lives and property in
hilly regions. Augmented numerical investigation considering geotechnical, geological, and …

Shallow slope failures that occur as a result of a decrease in matric suction after water
infiltration from intense rains (unsaturated soil conditions) are the main causes of slope …

Flow-like landslides are recognized to be the most destructive slope movements and to
threaten human life. They may occur in several geological settings, as is the case of the …