DML 502 - Landslide Hazard Assessment & Mitigation

Course Landslide Hazard Assessment & Mitigation is to understand mapping, hazard assessment techniques, and mechanisms of landslides for disaster mitigation. The course is designed at various scales of Landslide Hazard Assessment starting from the Slope (102), Catchment (104), Territorial/Regional (106) and ultimately taking down to Laboratory Scale (100 – 101). The outline of this course will focus on Introduction: Definition and classification of landslides and mass movements. Background of landslides with special reference to the Himalayas and the Western Ghats, India. Scale-dependent Landslide Hazard Assessment. Mechanics of landslides. Landslide Hazard Mitigation. Case studies.

Lecture 1:

Introduction to Landslides: Definition; Classification of landslides and mass movements.

Lecture 2:

Overview of Hazard assessment techniques on regional, semi detail and detailed scales and their application for planning purposes.

Lecture 3:

Terrain classification and mapping methods, use of Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographical Information Systems (GIS).

Lecture 4:

Causative factors of landslides – natural including inherent factors and external factors as well as anthropogenic factors.

Lecture 5:

Impacts of external factors like concentrated rain fall on slope stability.

Lecture 6:

Impact of earthquakes on slope stability.

Lecture 7:

Impacts of external factors like concentrated rain fall on slope stability: rocks.

Lecture 8:

Various causes of slope instability in the Himalayas and the Western Ghats

Lecture 9:

Extreme hydro-meteorological conditions leading to landslide dams and related damages.

Lecture 10:

Landslides in Cold Regions i.e., High Mountain Asia (HMA): snow/rock-ice avalanches, debris flows, cascading events.

DMC 505 - Natural Hazards: Processes, Monitoring and Prediction

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Lecture 1:

Introduction to Natural hazards