Projects
The Landslide Research Centre runs or participates in international and national projects.
A Selection of International Projects:
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