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ICL Newsletter

Issue No.2, 11 August 2003

Contents

1. 2nd BOR, Vancouver, Canada on 28 October – 1 November 2003

Registration, Call for Papers to Symposium, and Hotel Reservation

2. ICL New Members

3. 2003 Membership fee

Request of Payment before 27 September

4. Information of “Landslides” – Journal of the International Consortium on Landslides

5. IPL-C101/M101/IGCP-425/RCL Joint Meeting in January 2004

Call for Participation (Second Announcement)

6. Report of ICL Steering Committee Meeting at FAO, Rome, May 2003

7. Information of ICL Steering Committee Meeting, Geneva, April 2004

8. Recent Landslide News Flash

1. The Second Session of the Board of Representatives of ICL

(2nd BOR/ICL)

Date: 28 October – 1 November 2003

Place: Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre, Vancouver, Canada

Address:

Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre

515 West Hastings Street

Vancouver, B.C., Canada. V6B 5K3

Phone: +1-604-291-5000

Map:

Photo:

Schedule:

28 Oct (Tue) 9:00-16:00 The 2003 2nd Steering Committee Meeting

16:00-19:00 Journal Editorial Meeting (No.1)

Place: Crowne Plaza Hotel Georgia

29 Oct (Wed) 8:30- 17:30 IPL Meeting (Reports, New Proposals and Discussion)

Place: Labatt Hall, Simon Fraser University Harbour Centre

19:30-22:00 Journal Editorial Meeting (No.2)

Place: Crown Plaza Hotel Georgia

30 Oct. (Thu) 8:30-17:30 Special Symposium on Landslides and Natural Resources

Place: (Labatt Hall, Simon Fraser University Harbour Centre)

31 Oct. (Fri) 8:30-17:30 The Second BOR Meeting

Approval of New Projects, New members, Finance, Future Activities, ICL Award (Varnes Medal, and ICL best paper award to be established in 2004)

Place: (Labatt Hall, Simon Fraser University Harbour Centre)

1 Nov. (Sat) One-day Field Trip to Landslide and Debris Flow sites along the Sea-to-Sky Highway near Vancouver (organized by Doug VanDine Geological Engineering Ltd.)

Organizer of 2nd BOR/ICL

Dr. Peter Bobrowsky

Geological Survey of Canada

Address: Geological Survey of Canada

601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0E8

E-mail: pbobrows@NRCan.gc.ca

Tel: +1-613-947-0333, Fax: +1-613-992-0190

Hotel Information

Crowne Plaza Hotel Georgia

801 West Georgia Street

Vancouver, British Columbia

Canada

Tel: 1-604-682-5566 ;1-800-663-1111

Fax: 1-604-642-5579

Email: general@hotelgeorgia.bc.ca

Rate: Single $95.00 (Canadian); Double $115.00 (Canadian)

This is a special rate for the ICL. Please note individuals are responsible for their own reservation. Please contact the hotel directly with your credit card information before 15 September 2003 to obtain this discount rate. You must refer to the International Consortium of Landslides at the time of booking to obtain the discount rate.

Please complete the registration form and return to the ICL Secretariat and the Organizer as soon as possible.

One-day Field Trip Information

A customized landslide field trip along the scenic Sea-To-Sky Highway between Vancouver and Whistler has been scheduled to examine debris flow, rock slide and rock avalanche stops and various mitigation structures. The trip will consist of travel in a large (40 person) air-conditioned bus with washroom facilities. Lunch and a guidebook are included in the price of the trip. The trip departs/returns from the Hotel Georgia.

Field Trip Date: Saturday, 1 November 2003

Departure Time: 8:30 am Return: 5:00 pm

Cost: $40 (Canadian) payable in cash before October 30 to the Organizer (Please pay when in Vancouver).

Symposium Information

CALL FOR PAPERS

One-day international symposium entitled “Landslides and Natural Resources” is being organized and sponsored by the International Consortium on Landslides to complement the 2nd Annual BOR of ICL. Oral and poster presentations are invited on any aspect dealing with landslides and natural resources (e.g. forestry, fisheries, water, mining, etc.). A proceedings volume of the Extended Abstracts will be distributed to all participants at the symposium. A volume comprising exceptional papers, including related papers but not presented at the symposium will be published sometime in 2004. For more information please contact Peter Bobrowsky at pbobrows@nrcan.gc.ca.

Date: Thursday 30 October 2003

Location: Simon Fraser University, Harbour Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Abstract Deadline: 15 September 2003

Abstract Format: max 2 pages (A4 format) total length including figures, MSWord (digital only)

Abstract Style: Author(s), Affiliation(s), Title, Text, References

2. ICL New Members

(due date: 27 September 2003)

Since last BOR meeting in Paris, 4 landslide organizations has applied to be ICL members as listed below. Those organizations should be approved in the next BOR in Vancouver. Application for new ICL Membership should be sent to ICL Secretariat by the Registration Form, which is obtained at:

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Organizations which paid the membership fees

(1) Faculty of Engineering, Ehime University, Japan

Representative: Ryuichi Yatabe, Professor

(2) Mekelle University, Ethiopia

Representative: Kurkura Kabeto

Alternate Representative: Trufat Hailemanam

(3) International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES), Iran

Representative: Mohammadreza Mahdavifar

Alternate Representative: Ebrahim Haghshenas

(4) Proexrom S.R.L., Romania

Representative: Nicolae Botu

Alternate Representative: Dan Carastoian

Organizations which have sent the registration form

1) Geotechnical Group, School of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Shanghai Jiatong University, China

Representative: Xingchun Huang

Alternate Representative: Dexuen Zhang and Souji Du

2) North-Caucasus Regional Center, SC Hydro, Russia

Representative: (O. Zerkal)

Alternate Representative: Igor B. Korolev

3) Far East Regional Center, SC Hydro, Russia

Representative: (O.Zerkal)

Alternate Representative: Sergey A. Kozlov

4) West-Siberian Regional Center (RC TomskGeoMonitoring), SC Hydro, Russia

Representative: (O.Zerkal)

Alternate Representative: Viktor A. Lgotin

5) Institute of the Geospheres Dynamics, Russian Academy of Sciences

Representative: Alexander Strom

Alternate Representative: Nikolai Syrnikov

3. Request of 2003 ICL Membership fee

(due date: 27 September 2003)

The due date for 2003 Membership is 27 September (one month before the 2003 BOR). Please remit your membership fee to the following ICL Bank Account at your earliest convenience. Request letter will be sent from ICL secretariat in Kyoto by both e-mail and air-mail. Amount of ICL membership of your institute is written on the letter. All member organizations are requested to remit the 2003 membership fee by 27 September 2003.

- Bank name: Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Fushimi Branch

- Swift Code: BOTKJPJTA

- Account name: ICL Kyoji SASSA

Account numbers: (508) 0028367 for USD,

(508) 0028354 for EURO,

(508) 0754780 for Japanese Yen.

4. Call for papers of “Landslides” – Journal of the International Consortium on Landslides

ICL has launched a new integrated landslide journal – “Landslides” – Journal of the International Consortium on Landslides. This journal is expected to be published from March 2004. The Journal is a joint activity of two international programmes; the International Programme on Landslides (IPL) and the UNITWIN Cooperation Programme “Landslide Risk Mitigation for Society and the Environment” between the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Kyoto University and the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL). Aim and Scope of this new journal is described below. Instruction for authors, front & article page samples are attached to this e-mail. More detailed and latest information appears in ICL web site at .

ICL will distribute every issue of "Landslides" and Springer-Link web (electronic version) access right to each ICL member organization. Number of copies depends on the membership fee. ICL members are requested to contribute good papers to the journal as part of their membership obligations. Of course ICL can provide extra-copies for sub-members of ICL of the journal by ICL special price. Detail should be contacted to Journal Secretariat at journal@icl.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp.

The present time schedule of four issue of the Volume 1 (2004) is as follows.

No.l issue: 15 Sept 2003: deadline to receive manuscript, 15 March: Publication

No.2 issue: 30 Nov 2003: deadline to receive manuscript, 15 June: Publication

No.3 issue: 28 Feb 2004: deadline to receive manuscript, 15 Sept: Publication

No.4 issue: 15 May 2004: deadline to receive manuscript, 1 Dec: Publication

The No.3 issue is planned as a special issue dealing papers related to Areal Prediction of Rapid and Long-Traveling Flow Phenomena (APERITIF Project of IPL M101).

Papers and reports dealing in all aspects of identifying and assessing the occurrence of such phenomena and their motion will be published.

Please contribute or promote to contribute either original papers, recent landslides, technical development, ICL/IPL activities, News and Letters in the field of landslides.

Aim

Landslides are gravitational mass movements of rock, debris or earth. They may occur in conjunction with other major natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Expanding urbanization and changing land-use practices have increased the incidence of landslide disasters. Landslides as catastrophic events include human injury, loss of life and economic devastation and are studied as part of the fields of earth, water and engineering sciences. The aim of the journal Landslides is to be the common platform for the publication of integrated research on landslide processes, hazards, risk analysis, mitigation, and the protection of our cultural heritage and the environment. The journal publishes research papers, news of recent landslide events and information on the activities of the International Consortium on Landslides.

Scope

• Landslide dynamics, mechanisms and processes

• Landslide risk evaluation: hazard assessment, hazard mapping, and vulnerability assessment

• Geological, Geotechnical, Hydrological and Geophysical modeling

• Effects of meteorological, hydrological and global climatic change factors

• Monitoring including remote sensing and other non-invasive systems

• New technology, expert and intelligent systems

• Application of GIS techniques

• Rock slides, rock falls, debris flows, earth flows, and lateral spreads

• Large-scale landslides, lahars and pyroclastic flows in volcanic zones

• Marine and reservoir related landslides

• Landslide related tsunamis and seiches

• Landslide disasters in urban areas and along critical infrastructure

• Landslides and natural resources

• Land development and land-use practices

• Landslide remedial measures / prevention works

• Temporal and spatial prediction of landslides

• Early warning and evacuation

• Global landslide database

Instructions for Authors and other information are uploaded at



Editorial Secretariat for

“Landslides” – Journal of the International Consortium on Landslides

Research Centre for Landslides

Disaster Prevention Research Institute

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan

Phone: +81-774-384110, +81-774-384113

Fax: +81-774-325597, +81-774-384300

E-mail: journal@icl.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp, jimu@landslide.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp

5. IPL-C101/M101/IGCP-425/RCL Joint Meeting in January 2004

Call for Participation (Second Announcement)

IPL-C101, M101, jointly with IGCP-425 group and RCL/DPRI/KU are organizing an International Symposium on Landslide Risk Mitigation and Protection of Cultural and Natural Heritage, on Awaji Island offshore Osaka, Japan in 21 – 23 January 2004. This symposium is supported by the Special Coordination Funds for Promoting Science and Technology of MEXT (Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology).

This event represents the collaboration between two international symposia on satellite monitoring; (1) International Symposium on Monitoring, Prediction and Mitigation of Disasters by Satellite Remote Sensing (see ), 18-20 January 2004 which is Organized by Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University; and (2) 2nd ALOS PI Workshop and JERS-1 RI Final Evaluation Meeting (see ) during 19-23 January 2004, which is organized by NASDA (National Space Development Agency of Japan).

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International Symposium on Landslide Risk Mitigation

and

Protection of Cultural and Natural Heritage

Symposium Venue: Awaji Yumebutai International Conference Centre

Address 1 Yumebutai, Awaji Island, Hyogo, Japan



Deadline for application: 1st of October 2003

Registration Fee: Free

Financial support: Financial support is possible. Further information will be obtained from the Symposium Secretariat.

Symposium Secretariat:

Prof. Kyoji Sassa (Chairperson)

Research Centre on Landslides

Disaster Prevention Research Institute

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011

Phone: +81-774-38-4110

FAX: +81-774-325597

E-mail: jimu@landslide.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp

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|Support |( ) $ 300 USD ( ) $ 500 USD ( ) $ 700 USD |

Application Form for IPL-C101/M101/IGCP-425/RCL Joint Symposium

(Please return this form to

FAX: +81-774-325597 and E-mail: jimu@landslide.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp)

6. Brief Report of ICL Steering Committee Meeting

in Rome, 20 – 21 May 2003

The ICL Steering Committee meeting was held at FAO headquarters in Rome on 20 – 21 May. Participants and agenda of the meeting are described below.

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Date: 9:30-17:00 on 20-21 May 2003

Location: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00100 Rome, Italy

Participants:

1. STC members: Kyoji Sassa, Peter Bobrowsky, Paolo Canuti, Paula L. Gori, Kaoru Takara, Claudio Margottini, Nicola Casagli, Yasser Elshayeb, Hiroshi Fukuoka, Oddvar Kjekstad, Zieaoddin Shoaei, Alexander Strom Wang Fawu, Wolfgang Eder (UNESCO), Hosny El-Lakany(FAO), Tage Michaelsen (FAO), Moujahed Achouri(FAO), Pedro Basabe (UN/ISDR), Direitinho Tabares (WMO), Werner Janoschek (IUGS)

2. Committee coordinators: Jiri Zvelebil,Giuseppe Delmonaco, Pietro Antonio De Paola

3. IPL Project Leaders: Farrokh Nadim, Tatsunori Matsumoto, Hideaki Marui

4. Board members: Seiji Ichikawa, Stephen Evans

5. Observers: Mario Panizza (IAG), Rinaldo Genevois (Italy), Gabriele Scarascia- Mugnozza (Italy), Gonghui Wang (Japan), Yasuhiko Okada (Japan)

Agenda:

1. Welcome Address from FAO

Hosny El-Lakany (Assistant Director General, FAO)

Claudio Margottini (ICL Board Member hosting the meeting)

2. Opening Address of 2003 Steering Committee

Kyoji SASSA (ICL President)

3. General Report of the ICL Progress after BOR by the President

Agreement of the UNITWIN Programme of UNESCO/KU/ICL, ICL Certificates and the Secretarial Meeting in Kyoto

4. Report from Executive Director Kaoru Takara

IPL projects and Committees (TOR and Activity Plan)

5. Report from Treasurer Claudio Margottini/Hiroshi Fukuoka

Receipt and Payment of FY2002

Report from Auditors

Budget for FY2003

6. ICL Journal

Outline, Editorial Structure, Journal Distribution Policy and Rate

7. New Members and Resource Mobilization

Kyoji SASSA, Task Force for Resources Mobilization (Margottini)

8. Modification of Statutes

9. Activity Reports from Committees

1) IPL Review Committee

2) Publications Committee

3)Committee for ICL Library and Information Dissemination

4) Committee for Capacity Building

5) ICL Events Committee (Symposia, Workshop, etc.)

6) ICL Award Committee (Research, Practice, and Service)

10. Review on Committees

11. Review on IPL projects

12. Distribution of work load of ICL for effective management

13. Organization of 2003 BOR

14. Organization of 2004 Steering Committee and 2004 BOR

15. Plan of 2005 and 2006 ICL meetings

16. Introduction/demonstration of ICL database

17. Other business

7. Information of ICL Steering Committee Meeting, Geneva, April 2004

Next ICL Steering Committee meeting will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 20 – 21 April 2004 at UN/ISDR office in Geneva. UN/ISDR will organize an Inter-Agency Task Force meeting on Disaster Reduction immediately after the ICL Steering Committee Meeting. Members of the ICL steering committee will be invited to participate as observers at the ISDR Inter-Agency Task Force meeting on 22th and 23th of April 2004. Key members of Inter-Agency Task Force will be invited to ICL Steering Committee meeting as observers.

ICL Steering Committee Meeting, Geneva, April 2004

Date: 20 – 21 April 2004

Place: UN Secretariat for International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)

Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland

8. Recent Landslide Occurrence News

Information of recent major landslide disasters which took place from 1 - 30 July 2003 and appeared in the Internet news sites of the world are compiled and listed below.

Asia:

• (NEPAL) At least 58 people have been reported dead in the catastrophic landslides, which hit Nepal on 1 August following heavy rains. These landslides were caused in Gorkha, Chitwan, Nawalparasi, Makwanpur,Tanahun, Rupandehi, Bara and Siraha districts. Almost all highways leading to Kathmandu were closed due to these waves of landslides.

• (AFGHANISTAN) A single massive landslide in the Panjshir valley, northeast of Kabul, Afghanistan was triggered on 30 July by heavy rainfall claimed 30 lives.

• (INDIA) India’s Himachal Pradesh, Chamba District, Shimla town, Nanhidhank near Matyana, Dharamsala and Tandu village continued to receive heavy downpour, which triggered landslides in these areas on 8, 18, and 26 July. These landslides killed more than 20 people, destroyed houses and highways, buried 3 trucks and uprooted several trees.

• (JAPAN) Heavy rains, which hit Kyushu Island, southern Japan, triggered numerous landslides in this area. Among those, a landslide - debris flow at Hogawachi area of Minamata city, Kumamoto Prefecture on July 20 left 17 people dead, more than 500 evacuated, and also destroyed 10 houses. The Japan Landslide Society (ICL member) and RCL of Kyoto University (ICL Secretariat) dispatched an investigation team. Their investigation and experiment result will be included as a part of IPL M-101APERITIF project.

North America

• (MEXICO) On 19 July, a landslide triggered by heavy rains claimed 9 lives and destroyed two houses in the city of Santa Maria Chilchotla in the Southern state of Oxaca, Mexico.

Africa

• (CEMEROON) On 20 July, a continuous heavy rainfall triggered a landslide in Magha, Wabane sub-Division, Lebialem Division in the South West province of Cameroon. The landslide killed 21 people and buried several houses, cattle and farms.

• (NIGERIA) On 30 July, at the Mambilla plateau of Sardauna Local Government Area, in the State of Taraba, Nigeria, 7 persons lost their lives following a landslide, triggered by heavy rainfall. Villages and properties valued millions of Naira were destroyed.

More information including most latest events can be found on ICL website at .

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Registration Form for Participation to the Second BOR/ICL

Vancouver, Canada

28 October –1 November 2003

Please fill this Reply Form and return it to the ICL Secretariat and the Organizer (P. Bobrowsky) before 1 September 2003 to:

jimu@landslide.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp, FAX:+81-774-32-5597

and

pbobrows@NRCan.gc.ca, Fax: +1-613-992-0190

|Name: |Participation (Yes or No) |Hotel Reservation |

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|27 October | | |

|28 October (Steering Committee Meeting) | | |

|29 October (IPL Meeting) | | |

|30 October (ICL Symposium) | | |

|31 October (2ndBOR/ICL) | | |

|1 November (One-day Field Trip) | | |

|Necessary Financial Support |1,000 / 800 / 600 / 300 USD /not necessary |

Note:

1. The registration fee is free for all meetings above except One-day Field Trip on 1 November ($40 Canadian Dollars).

2. Financial supports to representatives (especially from developing countries) will be prepared.

Those who wish to obtain the financial support are requested to choose the necessary amount between 300 and 1,000USD in the above box.

Application for Presentation in the

ICL Symposium “Landslides and Natural Resources”

|Title: | |

|Author(s): | |

|Abstract: |(Please attach 2 pages of extended abstract in separate sheet) |

ICL Newsletter

Issue No.2

11 August 2003

Published by

Committee for ICL Library and Information Dissemination

Research Centre on Landslides

Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University,

Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan,

email: jimu@landslide.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp

FAX: +81-774-384300, Phone: +81-774-38-4110

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