Meet the editors

Dr. Yuanzhi Zhang is a Research Fellow and Professor of Earth System Science and Coastal Remote Sensing at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China. Dr. Zhang received a DSc in Technology from Helsinki University of Technology (now Aalto University), Finland. Dr. Zhang is the author or co-author of 150 peer-reviewed journal articles and 15 books and book chapters.

He received the First-Rank Award of the Guangdong Provincial Prize of Science and Technology, China, in 2013, and the Second-Rank Award, Actions for Raising Critical Awareness (ARCA) Prize at the International Symposium "Environment 2010: Situation and Perspectives for the European Union," Porto, Portugal, in 2003. Dr. Zhang was an associate editor for the *International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation*.

Dr. Qiuming Cheng is currently a professor at the School of Earth Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, China, and the founding director of the State Key Lab of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing. Dr. Cheng received his Ph.D. in Earth Sciences from the University of Ottawa, Canada, in 1994. He became a faculty member in 1995 and was promoted to full

professor in 2002 at York University, Toronto, Canada. Dr. Cheng has published more than 250 refereed papers and 17 book chapters. He received several prestigious awards including the William Christian Krumbein Medal, the highest award given by the International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (IAMG), the AAG Gold Medal, the highest award bestowed by the International Association of Applied Geochemists (AAG), the Canada Foundation for Innovation Award (CFI), and the State Science and Technology Award of the Chinese Government. He served as president of IAMG and is the past president of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS). He is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and a foreign member of Academia Europaea (AE).

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

Parameters *by Seda Cellek*

*by Azizul Moqsud*

**Section 3**

Introductory Chapter: Landslides

Highlands of South Western Uganda

*by Ka Po Wong, Yuanzhi Zhang and Qiuming Cheng*

**Preface XI**

Introduction to Landslides **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

Landslide Mechanisms and Dynamics **11**

**Chapter 2 13**

**Chapter 3 31**

**Chapter 4 57**

Evaluation of Landslide Processes **67**

**Chapter 5 69**

**Chapter 6 97**

The Effect of Aspect on Landslide and Its Relationship with Other

Implications of Soil Properties on Landslide Occurrence in Kigezi

*Hosea Opedes, Hannington Wasswa and Patience Ayesiga*

Landslide Mitigation through Biocementation

*by Denis Nseka, Vincent Kakembio, Frank Mugagga, Henry Semakula,* 

Evaluation of Landslide Susceptibility of Şavşat District of Artvin

Performance Evaluation of Geometric Modification on the Stability

Province (Turkey) Using Machine Learning Techniques

*by Halil Akinci, Mustafa Zeybek and Sedat Dogan*

of Road Cut Slope Using FE Based Plaxis Software

*by Fentahun Ayalneh Mekonnen*

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Preface

We thank all the contributing authors for their excellent work. We also wish to thank the staff at IntechOpen, especially Publishing Process Manager Ms. Paula Gavran. We acknowledge the use of in situ observations and satellite data from projects at the National Natural Science Foundation of China (U1901215) and the Marine Special

Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology,

School of Earth Sciences and Engineering,

**Dr. Yuanzhi Zhang** School of Marine Sciences,

**Dr. Qiuming Cheng**

Sun Yat-sen University,

Nanjing, China

Zhuhai, China

Program of Jiangsu Province in China (JSZRHYKJ202007).

This book presents detailed discussions and documents about landslides as catastrophic events that can cause human injury, loss of life, and economic devastation as well as destroy construction works and cultural and natural heritage. Most of the work in this book is based on in situ observations or remotely sensed data and new technologies in the monitoring of landslide processes, such as coal mine and marine landslides, land subsidence, tsunamis, hazard mapping and assessment, monitoring and modeling, InSAR and GIS techniques, early warning and evacuation, and regional/local landslide mitigation. This book is a comprehensive reference for landslide researchers, graduate students, policymakers, and

landslide mitigation managers.
