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

A Selection of International Projects:

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

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

A study on damage by land surface changes in the area around the quarry of Mainz Laubenheim Nord
Region: Mainz
Project period: 2005 – 2006

Kinematics and dynamics of drift movements in the Wutach Gorge region
Region: Black Forest
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
Contracting body: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation), DFG, Bonn
Project period: 1990 – 1994

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

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.

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