This symposium will bring together engineers, researchers, scientists, practitioners, and students in a common multi-themed forum to exchange ideas and share discussions on current issues (such as global warming), applications, new techniques (such as satellite image analysis and GIS), and the sustainable future of disasters reduction and treat.

The main topic of this symposium "Natural Disasters Mitigation Including Floods, Storms, Debris flows, Mass movements and Earthquakes etc." is sub-divided into six categories (see below). However, various case studies including Floods, Rock Falls, etc. are not limited to the topics.

   I. Field Observation, Analysis and Modeling

Characteristics of Processes and Behaviors
      Triggering Mechanisms
      RS, GPS and GIS Techniques for Mapping and Modeling
      Modeling for Assessment of Instability

   II. Risk Management in a Knowledge-Based Economy

Advanced Monitoring Technologies and Warning Systems
      Assessing Risks to Infrastructures, Lifelines and Communities
      Methods and Procedures for Risk Management

   III. Strategy for Hazard Mitigation against Global Warming

Concepts and Frameworks for Mitigation
      Integrated Mitigation Strategies
      Climate Change Adaptation Policy Based on Mitigation Strategies

   IV. Recovery Activities

Reconnaissance of Damages
      Socio-economic Aspects

   V. Management for Sustainable Land Use

Actual State of Land Use in Hillslope Areas
      Advanced Planning Methods for Sustainable Land Use
      Management Methods for Sustainable Land Use

   VI. Secondary Geo-hazards and Restoration

- Chichi Earthquake (1999)
- Niigata Earthquake (2004)
- Iwate-Miyagi Earthquake (2008)
- Wenchuan Earthquake (2008)
- Typhoon Morakot (2009)

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