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Report on the 15th international symposium on geo-disaster reduction, 25–30 august 2017, Oki Islands - Matsue - Kyoto, Japan

Report on the 15th international symposium on geo-disaster reduction, 25–30 august 2017, Oki... On 25–30 August 2017, the 15th International Symposium on Geo-disaster Reduction has been held in Oki Islands, Matsue and Kyoto, Japan, focusing on the theme of “Global Strategy for Geo-disaster Reduction”. Through Field Excursion, High Level Forum, Keynote Lectures, Invited Lectures, Scientific Session, Youth Forum and Poster Session, this symposium has successfully provided a platform for scientists, industrial professionals and students to share their research and created a forum to exchange ideas for promoting geo-disaster reduction. Organizers and organizing committee Wenhao Qi,JusongShi, Kun Song,Lijun Su,Hong This symposium has been jointly organized by the Sun, Ping Sun, Huabin Wang, Chong Xu, Yan Xu, International Consortium on Geo-disaster Reduction Hufeng Yang. (ICGdR), the Project Center on Natural Disasters Re- The Secretariat of this symposium includes Zili Dai, duction, Shimane University, the Research Centre on Tetsuya Kogure, Kiyoshi Masumoto, Hideki Mukoyoshi, Landslide, Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kumiko Nakatsuji, Hirokazu Sato, Toshihide Shibi, Kun Kyoto University, the Joint International Center on Na- Song, Hufeng Yang, Shuai Zhang, and Lu Zheng. tural Hazard (JIC-Nh) of Shimane University, Beijing University of Technology and the University of Florence, Report of the 15th ISGdR and the OKI Islands Global Geopark Office, Japan. The 15th International Symposium on Geo-Disaster The Organizing Committee of this symposium includes: Reduction (ISGdR) has been focusing on the theme of Chair Persons: Fawu Wang (Director, Project Center “Global Strategy for Geo-disaster Reduction” and on Natural Disasters Reduction, Shimane University), attracted more than 130 scientists and engineers from 8 and Toshitaka Kamai (Director, Research Center on countries to give 102 high-quality academic presenta- landslides, DPRI, Kyoto University). tions in the field of geo-disasters. There were six major Vice Chair Persons: Fuchu Dai (Beijing University of sections in this symposium: High Level Forum, Keynote Technology, China), Sandro Moretti (University of Lectures, Invited Lectures, Scientific Session, Youth Florence, Italy) and Kazuhiro Nobe (OKI Islands Forum, and Poster Session, offering an opportunity to UNESCO Global Geopark Office, Japan). discuss the most recent advances in the field of Geo- Committee Members: Netra Prakash Bhandary, disaster Reduction. In addition to the main sessions of Guangzhu Cao, Byung-Gon Chae, Fuchu Dai, Zili Dai, the symposium, pre-event and post-event have also Jianhui Deng, Xuanmei Fan, Yong Hong, Mingjian Hu, been organized. Bolin Huang, Jianhui Long, Tingkai Nian, Xiangjun Pei, Pre-event * Correspondence: wangfw@riko.shimane-u.ac.jp On 26–27 August 2017, a field excursion has been orga- Department of Geoscience, Shimane University, Matsue, Shimane 690-8504, nized to visit Oki Islands, which was designated as a Japan Full list of author information is available at the end of the article UNESCO Global Geopark in September 2014. Firstly, © The Author(s). 2017 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. Dai et al. Geoenvironmental Disasters (2017) 4:21 Page 2 of 5 the participants investigated the Oki gneiss outcrop near Chōshi Dam (Fig. 1). The Oki gneiss was formed at about 250 million years ago, which was the oldest rock on Oki Islands. Some experts argued that the re- gional metamorphic rock records the formation of the supercontinent Pangaea, and could be assumed as the evidence that the Japanese Archipelago was once a part of the Eurasian continent. After that, a large-scale land- slide located in northwestern base of Mt. Ōmine has been investigated. This landslide is located directly below the summit of Mt. Ōmine with a relative altitude Fig. 2 Group photo at the Tsūtenkyō Arch, Oki Islands of 250 m and a steep cliff with a width of 1.6 km and an overall length of about 2.6 km. During the field in- vestigation, the triggering of the landslide was discussed Certificate and award ceremony and the age was speculated. Then, the symposium par- In the certificate and award ceremony, Prof. Masakatsu ticipants investigated the geologic phenomena such as Miyajima has presented certificates to part of the advi- sea cliff, sea arch, sea stack, and sea cave at Matengai Cliff sors of ICGdR who attended the opening ceremony, and Tsūtenkyō Arch. These geological features were including Prof. Yasunao Hattori (President, Shimane formed about 6.0 million years ago due to wave erosion University, Japan), Dr. Qunli Han (Director, Division of and the collapse of the volcanic edifice. A group photo Ecological and Earth Sciences, The Natural Science Sector, has been taken at the Tsūtenkyō Arch (Fig. 2). UNESCO), Prof. Paolo Canuti (Holder of UNESCO Chair in Florence University, Italy), and Prof. Maochao He Plenary sessions of the symposium (Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences). The Opening ceremony certificates of four new ICGdR memberships have also Prof. Fawu Wang, the Director-General of ICGdR facili- been presented. They are Universitas Muhammadiyah tated the opening ceremony. Three opening speech Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Southeast University, China, and were presentedasthe prelude(seeFig.3). At thebegin- ning, Prof. Yasunao Hattori, the president of Shimane (a) University, Japan, declared the conference to open on behalf of the organizers, and delivered an opening speech to welcome all the distinguished scholars and experts from all over the world. Mr. Soichiro Yasukawa, who was representing UNESCO, introduced the section on Earth Sciences and Geo-hazards Risk Reduction in UNESCO, and expressed his hope that this symposium could provide a platform for researches to improve the relationships be- tween geoenvironment and society. In the last greeting speech given by Prof. Masakatsu Miyajima, the president of ICGdR welcomed all the researchers and expressed his gratitude to the organizers. The opening ceremony ended up with a group photo as shown in Fig. 4. (b) (c) Fig. 3 Opening speech presented by (a) Prof. Yasunao Hattori, (b) Fig. 1 Investigation on the Oki gneiss outcrop Prof. Masakatsu Miyajima, (c) Mr. Soichiro Yasukawa Dai et al. Geoenvironmental Disasters (2017) 4:21 Page 3 of 5 Fig. 6 Group photo of the ICGdR Awards winners Fig. 4 Group photo of participants of the 15th ISGdR in Terrsa Hall UNESCO Chair on prevention and sustainable manage- ment of geo-hydrological hazards. President Miyajima Nanjing University, China, and Qingdao University of presented his research on large ground displacement Technology, China. The 2016 Best Paper Award of the caused by fault movement and its countermeasure to pro- ICGdR official journal Geoenvironmental Disasters has tect buried pipelines. Prof. Nicola Casagli presented been awarded to the paper entitled “A new classification of some innovative technologies for landslide monitoring earthquake-induced landslide event sizes based on seismo- and early warning. Prof. Tonglu Li gave a presentation tectonic, topographic, climatic and geologic factors” by related to the soil-water interaction modeling based on Hans-Balder Havenith, Almaz Torgoev, Anika Braun, Romy discontinuous deformation analysis (DDA) method. Schlögel and Mihai Micu in No.6, Vol.3. A cheque worth of Prof. Atsushi Yashima presented his research on the one thousand Euro was awarded to the authors’ representa- SPH-based liquefaction analysis of detached house tive (Fig. 5). Besides that, President Miyajima has presented foundation. These insightful presentations stimulated the ICGdR Outstanding Fellow Award, ICGdR Outstanding lively discussions, in which the audience also contri- Young Researcher Award,and ICGdR Best Geo-disaster buted many thought-provoking ideas. Reduction Activity Award, to Prof. Qiang Xu from Chengdu University of Technology, China, Dr. Zili Dai Keynote lectures from Shimane University, Japan, Mr. Mgr. Adam EMMER The Keynote Lectures included 10 presentations in three from Charles University, Czech Republic, Prof. Louis Ge sessions as summarized in Table 2. The first session was from National Taiwan University,and Prof.Qiangong chaired by Prof. Tonglu Li and Prof. Vít Vilimek. Prof. Cheng from Southwest Jiaotong University, China (Fig. 6). Guangqi Chen presented his research about the land- slide risk assessment in Japan in the context of global High level forum climate change. Prof. Yu Huang gave a speech about the There were six presentations in the High-level forum as dynamic reliability analysis of slopes considering the un- summarized in Table 1. Dr. Soichiro Yasukawa summa- certainty of seismic waves. Prof. Sandro Moretti rized and highlighted UNESCO’s contribution to geo- hazards risk reduction. Prof. Paolo Canuti introduced the Table 1 Lists of the presentation in High Level Forum No. Title Presenter Affiliation H-1 UNESCO’s contribution to Soichiro UNESCO geo-hazards risk reduction Yasukawa H-2 UNESCO Chair on prevention Paolo Canuti University of Florence and sustainable management of geo-hydrological hazards H-3 Large ground displacement Masakatsu Kanazawa University caused by fault movement Miyajima and its countermeasure to buried pipeline H-4 Innovative technologies for Nicola Casagli University of Florence landslide monitoring and early warning H-5 Soil-water interaction modeling Tonglu Li Chang’an University based on discontinuous deformation analysis method Fig. 5 The winner of the 2016 Best Paper Award of the journal H-6 SPH-based liquefaction analysis Atsushi Gifu University Geoenvironmental Disasters of detached house foundation Yashima Dai et al. Geoenvironmental Disasters (2017) 4:21 Page 4 of 5 Table 2 Lists of the presentation in Keynote Lectures No. Title Presenter Affiliation K-1 An approach of landslide risk assessment in Japan by considering Guangqi Chen Kyushu University global climate change K-2 Dynamic reliability analysis of slopes Yu Huang Tongji University K-3 EO (Earth Observation) data and technology to detect, map, monitor Sandro Moretti University o f Florence and forecast ground deformations K-4 Characteristics and failure mechanism of the deadly June 24th 2017 Qiang Xu Chengdu University of Technology Xinmo landslide, Maoxian, Sichuan, China K-5 A Toppling failure of the right bank slope in a hydropower station, Shengwen QI Institute of Geology and Geophysics, SW China Chinese Academy of Sciences K-6 Importance of spectral acceleration in evaluating cyclic failure on Binod Tiwari California State University, Fullerton soft clays – an experience from 2015 Gorkha Earthquake K-7 Deterioration mechanisms of cracked surface crust on salt-laden Weimin Ye Tongji University earthen heritages in northwest China K-8 Satellite radar observations in support of geo-disaster risk reduction Zhenhong Li Newcastle University K-9 Reactivation of a dormant earthflow documented by field monitoring Matteo Berti University of Bologna data K-10 Hazard mitigation of GLOFs (Glacial Lake Outburst Floods) in the Vít Vilimek Charles University Cordillera Blanca, Peru presented the research on the application of InSAR in Tofani, a young researcher from University of Florence, landslide mapping, monitoring, and modelling. Prof. Italy (Fig. 7). Qiang Xu shared the latest investigation of a recent large- scale lanslide occured on 24 June 2017 in Sichuan, China. Closing ceremony The second section was chaired by Prof. Nicola Casagli The closing ceremony was held at Obaku Plaza, Kyoto and Prof. Yu Huang. In this session, Prof. Shengwen Qi University on 30 August. After all of the presentations. shared his research on a slope failure in a hydropower sta- On behalf of ICGdR, the honorary president Masaru tion, SW China. Prof. Binod Tiwari from the California Kitaura gave a closing speech and expressed his grati- State University, Fullerton presented his research on the tude to the participants and organizers. In the end of the earthquake-triggered soil failure. Prof. Weimin Ye dis- ceremony, Prof. Masakatsu Miyajima presented the cussed the effect of the geoenvironment on the salt-laden Promising Young Scientists Awards to the recipients earthen heritages in northwest China. The last session of from the Youth Forum. the Keynote Lectures was held at Kyoto University, and chaired by Prof. Luis Ribeiro Sousa and Prof. Wenxing Post-event Jian. Prof. Zhenhong Li from Newcastle University, UK in- After the symposium, all the participants visited the la- troduced the research of his group on remote sensing boratories in the Disaster Prevention Research Institute, technologies in support of geo-disaster risk reduction. Kyoto University (Fig. 8). Prof. Fawu Wang and Prof. Professor Matteo Berti from Italy gave a presentation about the reactivation of a dormant earthflow. Prof. Vít Vilimek presented his research about the hazard mitiga- tion of glacial lake outburst floods in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru. Parallel sessions The Parallel Sessions included Invited Lectures, Scien- tific Session, Youth Forum, and Poster Session. There were 86 presentations in Terrsa, Matsue and Obaku Plaza, Kyoto University on the topics of rock avalanche, granular flows, debris flows, soil liquefaction, soil desic- cation crack, sediment transport and a variety of other interesting subjects. From all these presentations, one Fig. 7 Winner of the Best Presentation Award of the 15 ISGdR Best Presentation Award was awarded to Dr. Veronica Dai et al. Geoenvironmental Disasters (2017) 4:21 Page 5 of 5 Fig. 8 Laboratory visiting after the symposium Ryosuke Uzuoka introduced the ring shear apparatus and centrifuge apparatus and their applications in the study of landslide and geotechnical problems, respectively. Invitation The 16th ISGdR will be held on 27-31 August 2018 in Strasbourg, France. The ICGdR will invite all entities and individuals, who are willing to contribute to the geo-disaster reduction to join ICGdR. Authors’ contributions All authors read and approved the final manuscript. 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Report on the 15th international symposium on geo-disaster reduction, 25–30 august 2017, Oki Islands - Matsue - Kyoto, Japan

Dai, Zili; Xia, Xilin; Wang, Fawu
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On 25–30 August 2017, the 15th International Symposium on Geo-disaster Reduction has been held in Oki Islands, Matsue and Kyoto, Japan, focusing on the theme of “Global Strategy for Geo-disaster Reduction”. Through Field Excursion, High Level Forum, Keynote Lectures, Invited Lectures, Scientific Session, Youth Forum and Poster Session, this symposium has successfully provided a platform for scientists, industrial professionals and students to share their research and created a forum to exchange ideas for promoting geo-disaster reduction. Organizers and organizing committee Wenhao Qi,JusongShi, Kun Song,Lijun Su,Hong This symposium has been jointly organized by the Sun, Ping Sun, Huabin Wang, Chong Xu, Yan Xu, International Consortium on Geo-disaster Reduction Hufeng Yang. (ICGdR), the Project Center on Natural Disasters Re- The Secretariat of this symposium includes Zili Dai, duction, Shimane University, the Research Centre on Tetsuya Kogure, Kiyoshi Masumoto, Hideki Mukoyoshi, Landslide, Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kumiko Nakatsuji, Hirokazu Sato, Toshihide Shibi, Kun Kyoto University, the Joint International Center on Na- Song, Hufeng Yang, Shuai Zhang, and Lu Zheng. tural Hazard (JIC-Nh) of Shimane University, Beijing University of Technology and the University of Florence, Report of the 15th ISGdR and the OKI Islands Global Geopark Office, Japan. The 15th International Symposium on Geo-Disaster The Organizing Committee of this symposium includes: Reduction (ISGdR) has been focusing on the theme of Chair Persons: Fawu Wang (Director, Project Center “Global Strategy for Geo-disaster Reduction” and on Natural Disasters Reduction, Shimane University), attracted more than 130 scientists and engineers from 8 and Toshitaka Kamai (Director, Research Center on countries to give 102 high-quality academic presenta- landslides, DPRI, Kyoto University). tions in the field of geo-disasters. There were six major Vice Chair Persons: Fuchu Dai (Beijing University of sections in this symposium: High Level Forum, Keynote Technology, China), Sandro Moretti (University of Lectures, Invited Lectures, Scientific Session, Youth Florence, Italy) and Kazuhiro Nobe (OKI Islands Forum, and Poster Session, offering an opportunity to UNESCO Global Geopark Office, Japan). discuss the most recent advances in the field of Geo- Committee Members: Netra Prakash Bhandary, disaster Reduction. In addition to the main sessions of Guangzhu Cao, Byung-Gon Chae, Fuchu Dai, Zili Dai, the symposium, pre-event and post-event have also Jianhui Deng, Xuanmei Fan, Yong Hong, Mingjian Hu, been organized. Bolin Huang, Jianhui Long, Tingkai Nian, Xiangjun Pei, Pre-event * Correspondence: wangfw@riko.shimane-u.ac.jp On 26–27 August 2017, a field excursion has been orga- Department of Geoscience, Shimane University, Matsue, Shimane 690-8504, nized to visit Oki Islands, which was designated as a Japan Full list of author information is available at the end of the article UNESCO Global Geopark in September 2014. Firstly, © The Author(s). 2017 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. Dai et al. Geoenvironmental Disasters (2017) 4:21 Page 2 of 5 the participants investigated the Oki gneiss outcrop near Chōshi Dam (Fig. 1). The Oki gneiss was formed at about 250 million years ago, which was the oldest rock on Oki Islands. Some experts argued that the re- gional metamorphic rock records the formation of the supercontinent Pangaea, and could be assumed as the evidence that the Japanese Archipelago was once a part of the Eurasian continent. After that, a large-scale land- slide located in northwestern base of Mt. Ōmine has been investigated. This landslide is located directly below the summit of Mt. Ōmine with a relative altitude Fig. 2 Group photo at the Tsūtenkyō Arch, Oki Islands of 250 m and a steep cliff with a width of 1.6 km and an overall length of about 2.6 km. During the field in- vestigation, the triggering of the landslide was discussed Certificate and award ceremony and the age was speculated. Then, the symposium par- In the certificate and award ceremony, Prof. Masakatsu ticipants investigated the geologic phenomena such as Miyajima has presented certificates to part of the advi- sea cliff, sea arch, sea stack, and sea cave at Matengai Cliff sors of ICGdR who attended the opening ceremony, and Tsūtenkyō Arch. These geological features were including Prof. Yasunao Hattori (President, Shimane formed about 6.0 million years ago due to wave erosion University, Japan), Dr. Qunli Han (Director, Division of and the collapse of the volcanic edifice. A group photo Ecological and Earth Sciences, The Natural Science Sector, has been taken at the Tsūtenkyō Arch (Fig. 2). UNESCO), Prof. Paolo Canuti (Holder of UNESCO Chair in Florence University, Italy), and Prof. Maochao He Plenary sessions of the symposium (Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences). The Opening ceremony certificates of four new ICGdR memberships have also Prof. Fawu Wang, the Director-General of ICGdR facili- been presented. They are Universitas Muhammadiyah tated the opening ceremony. Three opening speech Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Southeast University, China, and were presentedasthe prelude(seeFig.3). At thebegin- ning, Prof. Yasunao Hattori, the president of Shimane (a) University, Japan, declared the conference to open on behalf of the organizers, and delivered an opening speech to welcome all the distinguished scholars and experts from all over the world. Mr. Soichiro Yasukawa, who was representing UNESCO, introduced the section on Earth Sciences and Geo-hazards Risk Reduction in UNESCO, and expressed his hope that this symposium could provide a platform for researches to improve the relationships be- tween geoenvironment and society. In the last greeting speech given by Prof. Masakatsu Miyajima, the president of ICGdR welcomed all the researchers and expressed his gratitude to the organizers. The opening ceremony ended up with a group photo as shown in Fig. 4. (b) (c) Fig. 3 Opening speech presented by (a) Prof. Yasunao Hattori, (b) Fig. 1 Investigation on the Oki gneiss outcrop Prof. Masakatsu Miyajima, (c) Mr. Soichiro Yasukawa Dai et al. Geoenvironmental Disasters (2017) 4:21 Page 3 of 5 Fig. 6 Group photo of the ICGdR Awards winners Fig. 4 Group photo of participants of the 15th ISGdR in Terrsa Hall UNESCO Chair on prevention and sustainable manage- ment of geo-hydrological hazards. President Miyajima Nanjing University, China, and Qingdao University of presented his research on large ground displacement Technology, China. The 2016 Best Paper Award of the caused by fault movement and its countermeasure to pro- ICGdR official journal Geoenvironmental Disasters has tect buried pipelines. Prof. Nicola Casagli presented been awarded to the paper entitled “A new classification of some innovative technologies for landslide monitoring earthquake-induced landslide event sizes based on seismo- and early warning. Prof. Tonglu Li gave a presentation tectonic, topographic, climatic and geologic factors” by related to the soil-water interaction modeling based on Hans-Balder Havenith, Almaz Torgoev, Anika Braun, Romy discontinuous deformation analysis (DDA) method. Schlögel and Mihai Micu in No.6, Vol.3. A cheque worth of Prof. Atsushi Yashima presented his research on the one thousand Euro was awarded to the authors’ representa- SPH-based liquefaction analysis of detached house tive (Fig. 5). Besides that, President Miyajima has presented foundation. These insightful presentations stimulated the ICGdR Outstanding Fellow Award, ICGdR Outstanding lively discussions, in which the audience also contri- Young Researcher Award,and ICGdR Best Geo-disaster buted many thought-provoking ideas. Reduction Activity Award, to Prof. Qiang Xu from Chengdu University of Technology, China, Dr. Zili Dai Keynote lectures from Shimane University, Japan, Mr. Mgr. Adam EMMER The Keynote Lectures included 10 presentations in three from Charles University, Czech Republic, Prof. Louis Ge sessions as summarized in Table 2. The first session was from National Taiwan University,and Prof.Qiangong chaired by Prof. Tonglu Li and Prof. Vít Vilimek. Prof. Cheng from Southwest Jiaotong University, China (Fig. 6). Guangqi Chen presented his research about the land- slide risk assessment in Japan in the context of global High level forum climate change. Prof. Yu Huang gave a speech about the There were six presentations in the High-level forum as dynamic reliability analysis of slopes considering the un- summarized in Table 1. Dr. Soichiro Yasukawa summa- certainty of seismic waves. Prof. Sandro Moretti rized and highlighted UNESCO’s contribution to geo- hazards risk reduction. Prof. Paolo Canuti introduced the Table 1 Lists of the presentation in High Level Forum No. Title Presenter Affiliation H-1 UNESCO’s contribution to Soichiro UNESCO geo-hazards risk reduction Yasukawa H-2 UNESCO Chair on prevention Paolo Canuti University of Florence and sustainable management of geo-hydrological hazards H-3 Large ground displacement Masakatsu Kanazawa University caused by fault movement Miyajima and its countermeasure to buried pipeline H-4 Innovative technologies for Nicola Casagli University of Florence landslide monitoring and early warning H-5 Soil-water interaction modeling Tonglu Li Chang’an University based on discontinuous deformation analysis method Fig. 5 The winner of the 2016 Best Paper Award of the journal H-6 SPH-based liquefaction analysis Atsushi Gifu University Geoenvironmental Disasters of detached house foundation Yashima Dai et al. Geoenvironmental Disasters (2017) 4:21 Page 4 of 5 Table 2 Lists of the presentation in Keynote Lectures No. Title Presenter Affiliation K-1 An approach of landslide risk assessment in Japan by considering Guangqi Chen Kyushu University global climate change K-2 Dynamic reliability analysis of slopes Yu Huang Tongji University K-3 EO (Earth Observation) data and technology to detect, map, monitor Sandro Moretti University o f Florence and forecast ground deformations K-4 Characteristics and failure mechanism of the deadly June 24th 2017 Qiang Xu Chengdu University of Technology Xinmo landslide, Maoxian, Sichuan, China K-5 A Toppling failure of the right bank slope in a hydropower station, Shengwen QI Institute of Geology and Geophysics, SW China Chinese Academy of Sciences K-6 Importance of spectral acceleration in evaluating cyclic failure on Binod Tiwari California State University, Fullerton soft clays – an experience from 2015 Gorkha Earthquake K-7 Deterioration mechanisms of cracked surface crust on salt-laden Weimin Ye Tongji University earthen heritages in northwest China K-8 Satellite radar observations in support of geo-disaster risk reduction Zhenhong Li Newcastle University K-9 Reactivation of a dormant earthflow documented by field monitoring Matteo Berti University of Bologna data K-10 Hazard mitigation of GLOFs (Glacial Lake Outburst Floods) in the Vít Vilimek Charles University Cordillera Blanca, Peru presented the research on the application of InSAR in Tofani, a young researcher from University of Florence, landslide mapping, monitoring, and modelling. Prof. Italy (Fig. 7). Qiang Xu shared the latest investigation of a recent large- scale lanslide occured on 24 June 2017 in Sichuan, China. Closing ceremony The second section was chaired by Prof. Nicola Casagli The closing ceremony was held at Obaku Plaza, Kyoto and Prof. Yu Huang. In this session, Prof. Shengwen Qi University on 30 August. After all of the presentations. shared his research on a slope failure in a hydropower sta- On behalf of ICGdR, the honorary president Masaru tion, SW China. Prof. Binod Tiwari from the California Kitaura gave a closing speech and expressed his grati- State University, Fullerton presented his research on the tude to the participants and organizers. In the end of the earthquake-triggered soil failure. Prof. Weimin Ye dis- ceremony, Prof. Masakatsu Miyajima presented the cussed the effect of the geoenvironment on the salt-laden Promising Young Scientists Awards to the recipients earthen heritages in northwest China. The last session of from the Youth Forum. the Keynote Lectures was held at Kyoto University, and chaired by Prof. Luis Ribeiro Sousa and Prof. Wenxing Post-event Jian. Prof. Zhenhong Li from Newcastle University, UK in- After the symposium, all the participants visited the la- troduced the research of his group on remote sensing boratories in the Disaster Prevention Research Institute, technologies in support of geo-disaster risk reduction. Kyoto University (Fig. 8). Prof. Fawu Wang and Prof. Professor Matteo Berti from Italy gave a presentation about the reactivation of a dormant earthflow. Prof. Vít Vilimek presented his research about the hazard mitiga- tion of glacial lake outburst floods in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru. Parallel sessions The Parallel Sessions included Invited Lectures, Scien- tific Session, Youth Forum, and Poster Session. There were 86 presentations in Terrsa, Matsue and Obaku Plaza, Kyoto University on the topics of rock avalanche, granular flows, debris flows, soil liquefaction, soil desic- cation crack, sediment transport and a variety of other interesting subjects. From all these presentations, one Fig. 7 Winner of the Best Presentation Award of the 15 ISGdR Best Presentation Award was awarded to Dr. Veronica Dai et al. Geoenvironmental Disasters (2017) 4:21 Page 5 of 5 Fig. 8 Laboratory visiting after the symposium Ryosuke Uzuoka introduced the ring shear apparatus and centrifuge apparatus and their applications in the study of landslide and geotechnical problems, respectively. Invitation The 16th ISGdR will be held on 27-31 August 2018 in Strasbourg, France. The ICGdR will invite all entities and individuals, who are willing to contribute to the geo-disaster reduction to join ICGdR. Authors’ contributions All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests.. Publisher’sNote Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Author details Department of Geoscience, Shimane University, Matsue, Shimane 690-8504, Japan. School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK. Received: 14 September 2017 Accepted: 15 September 2017

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Keywords: Environment, general; Earth Sciences, general; Geography, general; Geoecology/Natural Processes; Natural Hazards; Environmental Science and Engineering

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