Investigation Technique of Slope Disaster Using Advanced Technology

• Published in: Computer Applications for Software Engineering, Disaster Recovery, and Business Continuity Vol. 340; pp. 387 - 394
• Main Authors: Song, Young-Karb, Oh, Jeongrim, Son, Young-Jin, Jung, MinSu
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Springer Berlin / Heidelberg 2012; Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Series: Communications in Computer and Information Science
• Subjects: Field Investigation System; Information retrieval; Network hardware; Slope Disaster; Software Engineering; Steep Slope
• ISBN: 3642352669; 9783642352669
• ISSN: 1865-0929; 1865-0937
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-35267-6_51

Recently the frequency and impact of disasters due to the climate change have been increased and it is a usual trend in Korea. The steep slope failures, which are the representative natural disasters in Korea, generate 18 casualties every year. In order to response this disaster it is imperative to implement the scientific site investigation on potential slope areas and evaluate their vulnerability quantitatively. The efficient maintenance and management of steep slopes often require excessive professional resources and quantitative investigations. Therefore, it is important to develop a technology for the objective scientific site investigation and quantitative evaluation for steep slopes. In this study the ’Field Investigation System’ for steep slopes is proposed in order to improve the effectiveness of site investigation rather than conventional methods using the evaluation table. Verification for the applicability of the system is also performed by applying to the steep slope area which was affected by debris flows. It is, therefore, expected that the efficiency of maintaining steep slope is improved while time and resources are decreased by this Field Investigation System.