+ 49 (6131) 387071 fsr@geo-international.info

Projects

The Landslide Research Centre runs or participates in international and national projects.

A Selection of International Projects:

Global Map Placeholder
Global Map

Causal research and the development of a monitoring system – causes of landsliding in the urban area of Constantine

Country: Algeria
Project period: 1998 – 2001

Development of an investigation programme and hazard assessment – a landslide are in the southern Carpathians; in cooperation with the University of Bucharest

Country: Rumania
Project period: 1998 – 2001

Hazard and risk assessment of rockfall-prone sites in the Rhine Valley near Dornbirn and formulation of rehabilitation concepts

Country: Austria
Contracting body: Dienst für Lawinen- und Wildbachverbauung Bregenz (Avalanche and mountain torrent authority)
Project period: 1996 – 1998

Landsliding in Rio de Janeiro: kinematics of slope movements and risk abatement

Country: Brazil
Project period: 1991 – 1996

Landslide anaysis, hazard and risk assessment and formulation of a rehabilitation plan for a major landslide area near Mailuu-Suu

Country: Kirgistan
Contracting body: Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources), BGR, Hannover
Project period: 1995

Geotechnical model and risk analysis of a major landslide area northeast of Quito

Country: Ecuador
Contracting body: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation), DFG, Bonn
Project period: 1991 – 1995

Development of dynamic deformation models for the analysis, monitoring and prediction of rock falls in the People’s Republic of China – Project Lianziya

Country: People’s Republic of China
Contracting body: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation), DFG, Bonn
Project period: 1992 – 1993

Hazard and risk analysis of landslide areas in the Himalaya region of Nepal – technical cooperation

Country: Nepal
Contracting body: Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources), BGR, Hannover
Project period: 1990

A Selection of National Projects

Also carried out were numerous projects in the Weser Mountains, the Rhenish Slate Mountains, in Rhine-Hesse, the Palatinate, the Odenwald Forest, as well as in the Allgäu Alpine Foreland and the Alps on the kinematics and dynamics of slope and batter rehabilitation and stabilisation, on behalf of public and private institutions.

MABEIS – Mass Movement Information System Rhineland-Palatinate

Region: Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Project period: 2018 – 2020

Further development of a model for the assessment of areas at risk of landslide along the federal highway network and preparation of a nationwide danger map

Region: Nationwide (Germany)
Project period: 2012 – 2015

Landslide database Rhineland-Palatinate, in cooperation with the Landesamt für Geologie und Bergbau (State office for geology and mining), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Region: Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Project period:
completed in 2012

Risk assessment of landslides through the possible increase of extreme weather events

Region: Nationwide (Germany)
Project period: 2009 – 2011

A study on damage by land surface changes in the area around the quarry of Mainz Laubenheim Nord

Region: Mainz, Germany
Project period: 2005 – 2006

Kinematics and dynamics of drift movements in the Wutach Gorge region

Region: Black Forest, Germany
Contracting body: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation), DFG, Bonn
Project period: 1993 – 1996

Development of a geotechnical information system for monitoring slope movements

Region: Rhine-Hesse and Black Forest, Germany
Contracting body: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation), DFG, Bonn
Project period: 1990 – 1994

Slope stability map of Rhine-Hesse

Region: Rhine-Hesse, Germany
Contracting body: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation), DFG, Bonn
Project period: 1981 – 1984