JSPS Core to Core Program:
Standardization and dissemination of mitigation technologies for landslide disasters

Objectives:

This program aims at developing and disseminating the practical technologies for mitigation of landslide disasters. The research group consists of researchers and engineers from China, Taiwan, Indoneia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Japan. These coutries have a lot of experiences of landslide disasters. Information of thier concerned technologies are collected and exchanged in this project, and they are progresed to be a practical system of technologies.
The activity consists of workshops to exchange thier technologies, joint research works including field monitoring and detailed investigation at slope disaster fields in respective countries for practical developement, publication, and technical short courses for practitioners at several places.

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Activities:

1. Workshops

- JSPS Core-to-Core Program "Standardization and dissemination of mitigation technologies for landslide disasters"
(organized with Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Science)
Date: 23/Sep/2013 - 30/Sep/2013
City: Chengdu, China
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Discussion session program
Site investigation trip

- Mini-Workshop: Landslide: monitoring, early warning, and disaster mitigation (JSPS Core-to-Core Program)
(organized with Sri Lankan Geotechnical Society)
Date: 5/May/2014 - 9/May/2014
City: Colombo & Nuwara, Sri Lanka
Discussion session program on May 6

- JSPS Core-to-Core Program "Mitigation technologies for landslide disasters and their applications"
Date: Oct - Dec of 2014
City: Bangkok, Thailand


2. Joint Researches

- Joint research works, including site investigation, monitoring and early worning, numerical analysis, etc., will be conducted for unstable slopes in respective countiries. Now their planning and preliminary site investigations are going on, and the site works will start in 2015. The progress and results will be introduced on this web site.

- Preliminary site trip in Chengdu, China (reported by Dr. Z. Yang)
- Preliminary site trip in Sri Lanka (reported by Dr. M. Irfan)
Research Members:

Japan:

Taro Uchimura (Coordinator) and Ikuo Towhata : University of Tokyo, and researchers from Chuo Univeristy, Kyoto University, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Ehime University, Kyushu University, Yamanashi Univeristy and Chuo Kaihatsu Corporation


China:

Prof Qiao Jian-Ping: Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Science, and his colleagues


Taiwan:

Prof. Huang An-bin: National Chiao Tung University, and his colleagues


Indonesia:

Prof. Masyhur Irsyam : Bandung Institute of Technology, and his colleagues


Thailand:

Dr. Suttisak Soralump : Kasetsart University, Thailand, and his colleague


Sri Lanka:

Dr. L.I.N. De Silva : Moratuwa University, and
Prof. Ashok Peiris : Institute of Information Technology of Sri Lanka, and their colleagues