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The 11th International Symposium on Mitigation of Geo-disasters in Asia (MGDA-11)

22-28 October 2013 Nepal

Final Circular

Himalayan Landslide Society (HiLS) together with its partner organizations in Nepal and Japan is going to organize the 11th International Symposium on Mitigation of Geo-disasters in Asia (MGDA-11) in Kathmandu and Pokhara cities of Nepal on 22-28 October 2013. This series of international symposiums has been an instrumental forum for the advancement of geo-disaster mitigation technology in Asia. Geoscientists and geo-engineers from all over the world have largely contributed and benefited from each other during the past MGDA events. The forthcoming event is going to be one more building block to enhance the geo-engineering knowledge and to understand further the geo-disaster phenomena in Asia as well as in the world. This is the first time that an MGDA symposium is going to be held in Nepal, a popular destination for world geo-scientists and tourists. Symposium venues MGDA-11 will have two venues for the symposium. The main inaugural symposium will be held at the Radisson Hotel in Kathmandu (http://www.radisson.com/kathmandu-hotel-np/nepkathm), which is located in Lazimpat area and is in close proximity of Thamel, one of the famous tourist hubs in Kathmandu, and is conveniently situated for reaching out to most places of interest in the Kathmandu Valley. Then, following a one-day symposium excursion, the second part of the symposium will be held at Hotel Barahi (http://www.barahi.com/) of Pokhara city, a popular tourist destination in Nepal and located some 200 km west of Kathmandu. Hotel Barahi is located centrally near the main tourist area (Lakeside) and provides a spectacular view of the white Himalayan mountains to the north.

Symposium venue I: Kathmandu – the city of temples and world cultural heritages

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Symposium venue II: Pokhara – the city of lakes and mountains Symposium format Following the format of the past MGDAs, thematic oral sessions will be held at each symposium venue. Due to a high number of presentation interests in the Kathmandu symposium, however, the organizing committee has decided to run two parallel sessions in each time frame during the inaugural symposium in Kathmandu. The thematic sessions consist of the following main themes.

Landslide study and case histories Landslide and Flood hazards and their management Landslide and debris flow: hazard and simulation Geotechnical investigations for geo-disaster mitigation

The overall symposium program has also been planned to include a total of three excursion tours: one mid-symposium excursion and two post-symposium excursions. The mid-symposium excursion program will be held in between Kathmandu and Pokhara symposiums while the post-symposium excursions will take place in the end and will focus at geo-disasters in Pokhara valley and landslide-related disasters along the national roadway connecting Nepal and Tibet (China). Keynote speaker Prof. Dr. Robin Chowdhury, Emeritus Professor of University of Wollongong, Australia will deliver a keynote lecture during the inaugural symposium in Kathmandu. The title of his lecture will be “Mitigation of Landslide Impacts, Strategies and Challenges for the 21st century.”

Prof. Dr. Robin Chowdhury Important dates October 22, 2013 Tuesday Inaugural program followed by technical sessions in Kathmandu;

Welcome reception October 23, 2013 Wednesday Symposium Excursion (Ex-1) and arrival in Pokhara October 24, 2013 Thursday Symposium in Pokhara followed by a symposium banquet October 25, 2013 Friday Excursion in and around Pokhara (Ex-2) October 26, 2013 Saturday Return to Kathmandu by air; Free time such as for Kathmandu City

tour on personal basis October 27-28, 2013 Sunday-Monday Post-Symposium Excursion (Ex- 3) to Arniko Highway and Closing of

MGDA-11 symposium at Nepal-China border. Participants may go to Lhasa (Tibet) from Nepal-China border or may return to Kathmandu.

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Extended abstract and full paper submission All submitted extended abstracts will be published in an abstract volume of International Journal of Landslide and Environment (IJLE), and the submitted full papers will be published in a regular volume of IJLE after a peer reviewing process in April 2014. Registration Many participants have already registered for the symposium while some participants have requested for on-spot registration. The symposium registration fee is structured in three main categories of participants so as to compromise with the national income level. An exclusive discount of 20% in the registration fee will be applied on all members of Himalayan Landslide Society (HiLS). So, everyone can apply for the HiLS membership before the symposium registration and get this privilege. Moreover, all student participants will receive a 50% reduction in the regular registration fee. Registration fee structure

Registration Fee* Participant’s category Kathmandu

program Pokhara Program

Arniko Highway Program

Kathmandu & Pokhara programs only

All Programs

International participants Professionals US$ 125 US$ 225 US$ 150 US$ 330 US$ 450 Students US$ 65 US$ 115 US$ 75 US$ 170 US$ 230 Accompanying members US$ 75 US$ 135 US$ 115 US$ 190 US$ 290 SAARC nation participants Professionals US$ 80 US$ 150 US$ 100 US$ 220 US$ 300 Students US$ 40 US$ 75 US$ 50 US$ 110 US$ 150 Accompanying members US$ 50 US$ 90 US$ 60 US$ 135 US$ 180 Domestic participants Professionals NRs. 2500 NRs. 4000 NRs. 3000 NRs. 6000 NRs. 9000 Students NRs. 1500 NRs. 2000 NRs. 1500 NRs. 3000 NRs. 4500 Institutional registrants NRs. 5000 NRs. 8000 NRs. 6000 NRs. 12000 NRs. 17000 *The registration fee includes participation in all symposium sessions, a copy of abstract volume, one lunch and one reception dinner in Kathmandu, one lunch and one banquet in Pokhara, one dinner near Nepal-China border during Arniko Highway excursion, and all tea/coffee refreshments during the session breaks. It also includes the cost of travel from Kathmandu to Pokhara on 23 October, field excursion in Pokhara on 23 and 25 October, field excursion up to Nepal-China border on 27-28 October, and the cost of lunch packs during the travel/s and excursion/s. It however does not include the cost of any other dinners and accommodations in Kathmandu, Pokhara, and near Nepal-China border. The participants will also have to pay the air fare (about US$ 100) for Pokhara-Kathmandu flight (on 26 October), which is not included in the registration fee. Field excursions There will be three field excursions for the symposium participants as detailed out below.

Excursion Tour-1: Kathmandu-Pokhara Section Date: 23 October 2013 Departure time: 8:00 AM Excursion leaders: Ranjan Kumar Dahal (Tribhuvan University/HiLS); Netra Prakash Bhandary (Ehime

University/HiLS); Hari Krishna Shrestha (Nepal Engineering College/HiLS) and Binod Tiwari (California State University, Fullerton, USA)

In this one day excursion tour along the Kathmandu-Pokhara national roadway, the participants will be taken to one of the geologically fragile areas of central Nepal in the northwestern part of Kathmandu city. Besides familiarization with the general geology and tectonics of this part of the Himalayan mountains, the participants will have a chance to discuss geo-disasters along the roadway. The participants will also be able to feel the pain of Nepal’s road building efforts through low cost road construction technology and associated geo-disasters during this excursion. Some interesting low cost landslide stabilization sites will also be visited. A deluxe bus

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coach service will be used in travel and a Nepali style lunch will be provided at a resort hotel in the middle of the tour. An excursion guide book with maps will also be provided to all the participants. Excursion schedule: 08:00 Depart from Hotel Radisson, N27⁰43’12.6” E85⁰19’16.1”, Elevation 1321 m 09:30 Arrive at Site 1, Dharke, Prithvi Highway, N27⁰44’14” E85⁰07’32.3”, Elevation: 754 m 10:45 Arrive at Site 2, Krishnabhir Landslide, N27⁰47’45”E84⁰44’02”, Elevation: 357 m 11:30 Arrive at River Side Spring Resort for Lunch, N27⁰52’28” E84⁰36’59”, Elevation: 273 m 11:30 Lunch time (until 12.15) 12:30 Arrive at Site 3, Kurintar landslide, N 27⁰52’17.9” E84⁰36’45.7”, Elevation 265 m 13:00 Arrive at Site 4, Creep landslide at Kurintar, N27⁰52’16.3 E84⁰34’42.7”, Elevation 290 m 13:45 Arrive at Site 5, Ruwa Khola Check Dam site, N27⁰55’28.1” E84⁰29’41.6”, Elevation: 344 m 15:00 Arrive at Site 6, Creeping landslide at Mirdi, N27⁰58’54.1” E84⁰14’51.2”, Elevation: 385 m 16:00 Arrive at Site 7, Seti River at Kotre N28⁰04’34.3”, E84o04’12.2”, Elevation: 495 m 17.15 Arrive at Hotel Barahi, Pokhara N28⁰12’28.9”, E83⁰57’32”, Elevation: 810 m

Landslides and their mitigation in Kathmandu-Pokhara road section Excursion Tour-2: Geo-disasters around Pokhara Valley Date: 25 October 2013 (Duration 1 day) Departure time: 5:00 AM Excursion leaders: Ranjan Kumar Dahal (Tribhuvan University/HiLS); Netra Prakash Bhandary (Ehime

University/HiLS); Hari Krishna Shrestha (Nepal Engineering College/HiLS); Narayan Gurung (Kadoorie Agricultural Aid Association/HiLS)

This is one day excursion tour in and around Pokhara valley. In early morning, the participants will have a chance to enjoy the sunrise and a panoramic view of the Annapurna Range on north of Pokhara city. After the breakfast back in the hotel, various geo-disaster damage sites in Pokhara valley will be visited. During the tour, the participants will also be explained in general about the geological evolution of the Pokhara valley. The caves and caverns in the Pokhara valley sediments will be visited the same day. In fact, this part of the tour has always been one of the most popular geological excursions among the international participants during various past geo-science meetings held in Nepal. After participating in the second part of the symposium and excursion in Pokhara, the participants will be returning to Kathmandu on 26th morning by air. Excursion schedule: 05:15 Depart from Hotel Barahi, N28⁰12’28.9”, E83⁰57’32”, Elevation: 810 m 05:45 Arrive at white Stupa (Buddhist Temple), N28⁰12’39”, E 83⁰56’41.9”, Elevation: 1117 m 05:50 – 06:45 View of sunrise, Himalayan Range and Pokhara valley 07:30 Arrive at the hotel for breakfast 09:00 Depart for Kharapani to observe the 1255 Flash Flood damage in Seti River valley 10:30 Arrive at the Kharapani Site, N28⁰21’38.5”, E83⁰57’39”, Elevation: 1257 m 10:30 – 11:30 Observations and discussions 11:30 – 12:30 Lunch time (Lunch packs will be served on the site) 12:30 Depart from Kharapani 14:00 Arrive at Pokhara Mahendra Bridge, N28⁰13’24”, E83⁰59’30.6”, Elevation: 888 m 14:00 – 14.15 Quick observation of Seti River Gorge 14:30 Arrive at Prithivi Highway bridge, N28⁰12’27.4”, E83⁰59’25”, Elevation: 847 m

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Site 5 

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14:30 – 15:00 Observation of bridge and the Seti River Gorge, 15:15 Arrive at Devis Fall and Gupteswor Cave, N28⁰11’24.6”, E83⁰57’33”, Elevation: 776 m 15:15 – 16:30 Observation in Devis Fall and Cave 17:00 Arrive at the Phewa Lake shore N28⁰12’29.1”, E83⁰57’19.4”, Elevation: 801 m, near to the Hotel Barahi,

end of the excursion and free time for dinner and night market

Geo-disasters and caves in Pokhara Excursion Tour-3: Kathmandu-Kodari Highway Section Date: 27-28 October 2013 (Two days) Departure time: 8:00 AM Excursion leaders: Tuk Lal Adhikari (ITECO Nepal/Nepal Geotechnical Society); Ranjan Kumar Dahal

(Tribhuvan University/HiLS); Netra Prakash Bhandary (Ehime University/HiLS)

This is a two-day excursion tour along the Arniko national roadway link of Nepal with China and up to Kodari, the northern border point of Nepal with China. This tour will also take place on a deluxe bus from Kathmandu to Kodari. Along the roadway, the participants will observe some landslide and glacial lake outburst flood damages at various locations. Many large-scale landslides and their consequences in the road building process will also be observed. The participants will have to stay at a camp-style resort on 27th, and on the 28th morning, they may enjoy bungee jump in the Bhotekoshi River gorge near the resort. In this excursion, breakfast and lunch packets will be served. In the evening, the participants will have a barbeque cocktail dinner. Then, the participants will either return to Kathmandu on the 28th evening or will enter Tibet from Kodari (Nepal-China border). The details of the bungee jump and the resort of night stay on 27th are available at www.thelastresort.com.np. Excursion schedule of October 27: 07:30 Depart from Hotel Radisson, N27⁰43’12.6” E85⁰19’16.1”, Elevation 1321 m 08:30 Arrive at Site 1, Km 32+850, Khawa, Arniko Highway, N27⁰37’24.1” E85⁰34’26”, Elevation: 1357 m 09:40 Arrive at Site 2, Km 50+500, Cha Khola 1, N27⁰39’36.5”E85⁰39’27.4”, Elevation: 728 m 10:10 Arrive at Site 3, Km 51+300, Cha Khola 2, N27⁰39’20.5”E85⁰39’51”, Elevation: 526 m 10:50 Arrive at Site 4, Km 61+500, Dumre, N27⁰39’44.7”E85⁰13’12.1”, Elevation: 682 m 11:30 Arrive at a rest house for Lunch, Sukute, N27⁰41’40” E85⁰44’52”, Elevation: 655 m, Lunch time (until

12.30) 12:45 Arrive at Site 5, Km 70+200, Bhaise, N27⁰43’8.4”E85⁰46’22.1”, Elevation: 678 m 13:15 Arrive at Site 6, Km 70+900, Bhaise Huge Boulder, N27⁰43’25.2”E85⁰46’41”, Elevation: 685 m 14:00 Arrive at Site 7, Km 76+400, River training work, N27⁰44’55.9”E85⁰48’22.4”, Elevation: 720 m 14:50 Arrive at Site 8, Km 83+900, Poor mitigation of Landslide, N27⁰45’56.1”E85⁰52’35.6”, Elevation: 815 m 16:00 Arrive at The Last Resort, N27⁰52’31.5”E85⁰53’33.2”, Elevation: 1224 m Excursion schedule of October 28 09:00 Depart from The Last Resort, N27⁰52’31.5”E85⁰53’33.2”, Elevation: 1224 m 09:15 Arrive at Site 9, Large scale landslide, N27⁰53’48.9”E85⁰54’53.3”, Elevation: 1301 m 10:00 Arrive at Site 10, Larcha bridge, N27o55’56.7” E85o56’13.3, Elevation: 1406 m 10:45 Arrive at Site 11, Observation of water fall, N27⁰57’23.8”E85⁰57’23.7”, Elevation: 1588 m 11:10 Arrive at Site 12, Nepal-China Friendship Bridge, N27⁰58’24.3”E85⁰57’50”, Elevation: 1755 m, Formal

closing of the MGDA-11. 11:30 Lunch Time (50 Min) at Tatopani (Liping) Kodari border area

Kharapani Site   Gupteswor cave 

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12:20 Depart from Tatopani to Kathmandu In evening, arrive at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu and then at Hotel Radisson

Geo-disasters and their mitigation in Kathmandu-Kodari road section

The Last Resort and bungee jump spot  

Map of Nepal, the symposium venues, and the excursion routes Presentation information All presentations will have to be made through power point slides prepared in MS Office 2003 or above. The presentation time is limited to 15 minutes including the discussion, so all general presenters are requested to strictly follow this time constraint and facilitate a smooth flow of all sessions. Although the details of time management system will be announced by the session chair in the beginning, the organizers would like to inform all general paper presenters to prepare their presentation slides for not more than 10 minutes, i.e., a maximum of 15 slides. At least three minutes out of the 15 minutes will have to be used in discussion over each presented material.

Site 4Site 9 

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Moreover, so as to use the presentation time effectively, all presenters are advised to copy their presentation files to the computer provided in the presentation hall. Use of your own USB data storing device or your own laptop computer will result in decreased presentation time, so we recommend that all presenters copy their files in the hall computer well in advance, preferably during the tea/coffee or lunch breaks. Please let us know if you would like us to erase your presentation file immediately after your presentation is finished.

Payment method Participants who have requested for on-spot registration are required to pay the registration fee in Nepali Rupee (1 US$ ≈ NRs. 99). Please contact registration desk for help. It will open at Hotel Radisson (the symposium venue) from 14:00 to 18:00 on October 21 and 7:30 to 8:30 on October 22. Insurance In Nepal, foreigners need to arrange many legal documents for insurance application. To avoid this, the organizer requests all participates (both national and international) to mange insurance by themselves.  Accommodation and airport pickup International participants who have already booked their hotels through the organizers will be provided airport pickup facility, but those who have booked their hotels by themselves may use the Airport Taxi. The Airport Taxi facility is available just outside of the arrival gate of the Kathmandu Airport (Tribhuvan International Airport). They have fixed rates based on the distance. Please tell the name and address (location) of your hotel to the person at the taxi booking counter and the taxi driver. The MGDA-11 Airport Assist Team will be at the airport for any kind of help. You may find the MGDA-11 volunteers from immigration area to baggage claim zone. They will escort you up to your taxi. All participants are requested to find a person carrying an MGDA-11 banner before the immigration counter. There is only one exit gate before immigration counter, so please check a person with an MGDA-11 banner at the gate. In addition, all international participants are requested to send their arrival time and airline name to the organizers at mgda11@hils.org.np and ranjan@ranjan.net.np for a trouble-free airport and immigration formalities. Participants who have their own hotel booking in Pokhara are also requested to go to their hotel/s on their own from the symposium venue Hotel Barahi after arrival. For the hotel accommodation, all international participants have already been informed of the hotel rates; if not, please write to mgda11@hils.org.np and ranjan@ranjan.net.np. Climate Climate in Kathmandu and Pokhara in the end of October is generally pleasant but may be slightly cold depending on the weather variation. Mornings and evenings are slightly cold, but the day time is pleasantly warm. It is advised however that the participants bring a few warm clothes. Passport and visa requirement All foreigners are required to have a valid passport and visiting visa to enter Nepal. For all participants in MGDA-11, visa on arrival is granted at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu. For the participants from India, a valid identification or passport is sufficient and they do not need visa to travel in Nepal. According to the Department of Immigration, a visa fee of US$ 25 (for 15 days with multiple entry permit) is applicable to all foreigners. You will need two passport size photographs for the VISA application at the airport in Kathmandu, and you may download the visa application form from http://www.immi.gov.np/download/app1.pdf. Mobile (Cell) phone service in Nepal Telephonic communication from Nepal to all foreign nations is comparatively inexpensive. Two companies, Nepal Telecom and Ncell, provide mobile and roaming services in Nepal. Temporary pre-paid type SIM card from either of these two companies can be purchased on arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport (Kathmandu). The purchase counter is located on the passage way when you come out after collecting your baggage and before you exit the terminal building. You need a copy of your passport and passport size photograph to get the SIM card. For details, please visit the homepage of Nepal Telecom (http://www.ntc.net.np/) or Ncell

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(http://www.ncell.com.np/). These companies provide internet service in mobile phone or through phone to computer, if your mobile set has standard modem facility. Additional activities in Pokhara The mornings (6:30 to 9:30) of October 24 and 26 in Pokhara are allocated for free activities. The participants may enjoy a light-weight airplane flight or power glider to view Pokhara and Annapurna Range in the morning. Early booking of these flights is necessary. Please visit http://aviaclubnepal.com/ and book your flight either for the morning of 24th or 26th of October 2013. You may also write to co-convener (Nepal side) or the symposium secretary directly about your plan so that we can make a reservation for you.

Pleasure of sky adventure in Pokhara Organizers Lead Organizer: Himalayan Landslide Society (HiLS) Prime Sponsor: International Consortium on Geo-disaster Reduction (ICGdR) Organizing Partners: Research and Education Center on Natural Hazards, Shimane University Ehime University, Japan School of Environmental Design, Kanazawa University, Japan Department of Geology, Tri-Chandra Campus (Tribhuvan University) Nepal Geotechnical Society Himalayan Conservation Group National Society for Earthquake Technology – Nepal (NSET) Nepal Engineering College (nec) Center of Resilience Development (CoRD) Kagawa University, Japan Shikoku Branch of the Japanese Geotechnical Society The British College, Nepal Organizing Committee

Chair: Hari Krishna Shrestha, President HiLS (Professor, Nepal Engineering College) Co-conveners: Ranjan Kumar Dahal (Nepal-side), Associate Professor, Tribhuvan University Netra Prakash Bhandary (Japan-side), Assistant Professor, Ehime University

Symposium Secretary: Manita Timilsina, HiLS Members: Dinesh Pathak, Associate Professor, Tribhuvan University/HiLS Kishor Kumar Bhattarai, GoN Department of Irrigation/HiLS Jishnu Subedi, HiLS Youb Raj Paudyal, GoN Department of Education/HiLS Narayan Gurung, Kadoorie Agricultural Aid Association/HiLS Prahlad Baniya, HiLS

Advisory Members

Bishal Nath Upreti (Prof. Dr.), Tribhuvan University, Nepal

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Balmukunda Regmi (Prof. Dr.), Tribhuvan University, Nepal Hari Darshan Shrestha (A/Prof.), Tribhuvan University, Nepal Tara Nidhi Bhattarai (A/Prof. Dr.), Tribhuvan University, Nepal Amod Mani Dixit, Executive Director, National Society for Earthquake Technology, Nepal Tuk Lal Adhikari, Managing Director, ITECO, Nepal (President, Nepal Geotechnical Society) Gangalal Tuladhar, Chairman, Himalaya Conservation Group, Nepal Ryuichi Yatabe (Prof. Dr.), Ehime University, Japan Ikuo Towhata (Prof. Dr.), The University of Tokyo, Japan Mitsu Okamura (Prof. Dr.), Ehime University, Japan Masakatsu Miyajima (Prof. Dr.), Kanazawa University, Japan Fawu Wang (Prof. Dr.), Shimane University, Japan Shuichi Hasegawa (Prof. Dr.), Kagawa University, Japan Hemanta Hazarika (Prof. Dr.), Kyushu University, Japan Ko Fei Liu (Prof. Dr.), National Taiwan University, Taiwan Tonglu Li (Prof. Dr.), Chang’an University, China Wei Shan (Prof. Dr.), Northeast Forestry University, China Lei Nie (Prof. Dr.), Jilin University, China Teuku Faisal Fathani (A/Prof. Dr.), Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia Binod Tiwari (A/Prof. Dr.), California State University, Fullerton, USA

Contact details Hari Krishna Shrestha (Organizing Committee Chair) Email: hari@nec.edu.np Phone: +977-98510-06010 Ranjan Kumar Dahal (Symposium Co-convener) Email: ranjan@ranjan.net.np Phone: +977-98510 60464, +977-9808 798877, +977-1-4112090 (R), +977-1-4268034 (O) Netra Prakash Bhandary (Symposium Co-convener) Email: netra@ehime-u.ac.jp Phone: +81-90 3785 5836 (Japan Mobile), +977-9849 242727 (Nepal Mobile, only on 22-28 October 2013) Manita Timilsina (Symposium Secretary) Email: manitatimilsina@gmail.com, mgda11@hils.org.np Phone: +977-98511 54970

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Symposium Program Outline  

 

Time

7.30 ‐ 8.45

8.45 ‐ 8.55 

8:55 ‐ 9:00

9.00 ‐ 9.45

9.45 ‐ 9.55 

9:55 ‐ 10.15

10.15 ‐ 10.35

10.35 ‐ 10.55

10.55 ‐11.05

11.05‐11.45

11.45‐12.00

12.00 ‐ 12.15  Relationships among landslides, major geological structures, seismic epicenters, and 

fluvial knick zones, in far west Nepal Himalayas: A GIS and optically stimulated 

luminescence (OSL) approach, Tank Ojha, Peter G DeCelles, Shipra Chaudhary, Pradeep 

S

12.00 ‐ 12.15  Operational risk for slope disaster in the NOTO peninsula earthquake, Sadao Kimura

12.15 ‐12.30 Challenges on estimating shear strength parameters of colluvium slopes for reservoir 

slope stability analysis, Subas Chandra Sunuwar

12.15 ‐12.30 A catalog for Nepal Himalaya Earthquakes from 1255 to 2012, Ojha S, Ganesh Kumar 

Bhattarai and Rajaure Sudhir

12.30 ‐ 12.45 Research on formation mechanism of permafrost landslide, Zhao Guang Hu, Wei Shan  12.30 ‐ 12.45 Seismogeological disaster of the April 20, 2013 Ms7.0 (Mw6.6) earthquake in the 

Sichuan province of China, Jun Shen,  Bo Jingshan, Yuxiaohui, Lu tao

12.45 ‐ 13.00 Case study of the environmental vulnerability of a small catchment "Cuenca de la 

Quebrada Cuevitas", Yeguare Region, Honduras, Kiyoharu Hirota, Luis Alonzo Caballero 

Bonilla

12.45 ‐ 13.00 Urban risk atlas of Nepal: A tool for disaster risk reduction planning at local 

government level, Sujan Adhikari, Amod Mani Dixit, Basyal G.K, Chaudhary S, and 

Shrestha S.N 

Opening Ceremony 

Technical Session 1 (Parallel) : Landslide study and case histories; Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Vit VilimekTechnical Session 2 (Parallel) : Earthquake hazard and risk; Session Chair: A/Prof. Dr. Hideaki Yasuhara

MGDA‐11, Kathmandu Program (22 Oct. 2013, Radisson Hotel)

Activity

Registration

Sitting of participants and invited guests

Welcome Address and Oraganizer's Announcement

(Prof. Dr. Hari Krishna Shrestha, President, Himalayan Landslide Society and Organizing Chair, MGDA‐11)

Sitting of participants and invited guests, Arrival of Chief Guest

Room change for parallel technical sessions

Invited Lecture Session; Session Chair:  Prof. Dr. Fawu Wang

Tea/Coffee Break

Introduction to International Consortium on Geodisaster Reduction (ICGdR), Prof. Dr. Masakatsu Miyajima, Chair, ICGdR

Special Lecture 1:  Performance of drinking water pipelines in liquefaction areas in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, Prof. Dr. Masakatsu Miyajima

Special Lecture 2: Short term geomorphic observations in Nepal Himalayas: contribution to the knowledge of geo‐disasters along a road corridor, Prof. Dr. Monique Fort

Keynote Lecture: Mitigation of Landslide Impacts, Strategies and Challenges For the21st century, Prof. Dr. Robin Choudhury, University of  Wollongong, Australia

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13.00 ‐ 13.45

13.45 ‐ 14.05 Special Lecture 3: A classification scheme for Landslide management and mitigation, 

Mike G. Winter

13.45 ‐ 14.05 Special Lecture 4: TRIGRS and DEBRIS‐2D in large scale sediment disaster 

assessment: applied in Daniao Tribe Watershed in Taiwan, Ko‐Fie Liu and Yu‐Chang Hsu

14.05 ‐ 14.20  Using chain array of micro‐tremor to detect inner structure of landslide dam for piping 

risk evaluation, Fawu Wang, Mitani Y, Yang HF, Kuwada Y, Okeke AC

14.05 ‐ 14.20  Enhanced descriptions of real two phase landslides and debris flows, Puskar Raj 

Pokhrel, Khim Bahadur Khattri, Parameshwari Kattel,Jeevan Kafle, Gurung DB, 

Pudasaini SP

14.20 ‐ 14.35 Evaluation of landslide hazards for sustainable development in mountainous terrains, 

Rathinam Anbalagan

14.20 ‐ 14.35 GLOFs database, Vit Vilimek and Emmer A

14.35 ‐ 14.50 Flood hazard in Nepal and new approach of risk reduction, Subodh Dhakal 14.35 ‐ 14.50 Dynamic interaction between a two phase submarine landslide and a fluid reservoir,  

Jeevan Kafle,  Parameshwari Kattel, Puskar Raj, Khim Bahadur Khattri, Gurung DB, 

Pudasaini SP

14.50 ‐ 15.05 Sydney Basin landslide susceptibility, NSW, Australia, Flentje P, Stirling D, Chowdhury R 

and Darshika Palakumbare

14.50 ‐ 15.05 Some new insights into the fluid flows in debris material and porous landscape, Khim 

Bahadur Khattri, Puskar Raj Pokhrel,  Jeevan Kafle, Parameshwari Kattel, Gurung DB, 

Pudasaini SP

15.05 ‐ 15.20 Investigation on failure mechanism of earthquake induced Landslide during rainfall: 

case study in of Tandikat landslide, west Sumatra Indonesia, Fikri Faris, Fawu Wang

15.05 ‐ 15.20 Calibration formula of rheological parameters of Bingham Fluid in Couette Rheometer, 

Wu Ying‐Hsin, Ko‐Fie Liu, Ping‐Yu Chen

15.20 ‐ 15.35 Knowledge of disaster risk among students in Nepal, Gangalal Tuladhar, Ryuichi Yatabe, 

Ranjan Kumar Dahal, Netra Prakash Bhandary

15.20 ‐ 15.35 Mechanical characteristics of the August 6, 2012 Mihata Landslide, Shimane, Japan, Do 

Ngoc Ha, Fawu wang

15.35 ‐ 15.50 Dynamic analysis of slope in the North Bengal‐Sikkim, Sikkim Earthquake of 18th 

September, 2011,  Shiny Neharika Ganta and Satyam D.N

15.35 ‐ 15.50 Application of spectral element method for stability evaluation of Nuta‐Yone Landslide 

in Shikoku, Japan, Ram Chandra Tiwari, Netra Prakash Bhandary and Ryuichi Yatabe

15.50 ‐16.10

16.10 ‐ 16.30 Special Lecture 5: How rainfall and earthquake trigger shallow landslides – 

experimental and numerical studies on laboratory prepared slopes, Binod Tiwari, Kawai 

K, Caballero S and Viradeth P

16.10 ‐ 16.30 Special Lecture 6: DDA simulation of the deformation process for the slopes with thin 

metamorphic schist, Tonglu Li, Deguang Yang and Changliang Zhang

16.30 ‐ 16.45 Geotechnical evaluation of landslides along pathways of Sri Mata Vaishnao Devi Hills, 

Jammu, India, Rohan Kumar and Rathinam Anbalagan

16.30 ‐ 16.45 Damage caused by 2013 Awaji Island Earthquake and ground motion characteristics of 

Sumoto Plain, Ratna Prasad Twayana and Sinichiro Mori

16.45 ‐ 17.00 Bedding landslide formation mechanism and stability analysis in island permafrost 

region,  Hua Jiang,  Wei Shan and  Zhao Guang Hu

16.45 ‐ 17.00 Application of liquefaction countermeasure technique by log piling for existing 

residential houses, Masaho Yoshida and Masakatsu Miyajima

17:00 ‐ 17.15 Liquefaction potential analysis and probable remedial measure for existing structure in 

Kathmandu Valley, Narayan Prasad Marasini and Mitsu Okamura

17:00 ‐ 17.15 Experimental reproduction of mechanical weathering induced in rock, Keshab Gyawali, 

Xuefeng Nong, Qureshi M, and Towhata I

Lunch Break

Tea/Coffee Break

Technical Session 5 (Parallel):  Geotechnical investigations for geo‐disaster mitigation I; Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Masakatsu Miyajima

Technical Session 6 (Parallel):  Geotechnical investigations for geo-disaster mitigation II; Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Robin Choudhury

Technical Session 3 (Parallel) : Landslide and flood hazards and their management; Session Chair: 

Prof. Dr. Bishal Nath Upreti 

Technical Session 4 (Parallel) : Landslide and debris flow: hazard and simulation; Session Chair: 

A/Prof. Dr. Binod Tiwari 

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17.15 ‐ 17.30 Seismic stability of dry masonry block retaining wall structure with a resistance plate 

using laboratory model tests, Mitsuhiko Mukaitani

17.15 ‐ 17.30 Soil improvement through enzymatic calcite precipitation technique small to large 

scale experiments, Debendra Neupane, Hideki Yasuhara and N Kinoshita

17.30 ‐ 17.45 Geotechnical investigation of landslide at km 104+700 along Mechi Highway (H07), 

eastern Nepal, Vishnu Dangol, Adhikari TL, Shrestha JNS, Pant SR, Chamalagain D, 

Bhandary Achuta Nanda, Paudel S and Thapa MK

17.30 ‐ 17.45 Performance of embankments on liquefiable foundation subject to sequential ground 

motions, Manika Maharjan and A Takahashi

17.45 ‐ 18.00 Soil Liquefaction Potential in Kathmandu Valley, Mandip Subedi, Sharma K, Upadhayay 

B, Poudel RK and Khadka P

17.45 ‐ 18.00 Microzonation of seismic input, Dibyashree Lohani Poudyal

18.00 ‐ 18.15 18.00 ‐ 18.15 Calibration study of 1D code for non‐linear site response analyses, Sajana Suwal, 

Pagliaroli A  and Lanzo G

18.15 ‐18.40

Welcome Speech and toast by Prof Dr. Hari Krishna Shrestha ( Chair, MGDA‐11), President, Himalayan Landslide Society

18.40 ‐ 21.30Welcome Reception at Hotel Radisson

Break for the preparation of Welcome Reception

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Time Activity

8.00 ‐ 8.45 Registration

8.45 ‐ 9.00  Sitting of participants and introduction of the symposium

9.00‐9.15Drainage density as rainfall induced landslides susceptibility index in small catchment area, Shuichi  Hasegawa, Atsuko 

Nonomura, S Nakai, Ranjan Kumar Dahal 

9.15‐9.30Hazard rating and event tree analysis for assessing rockfall risks along Siddhartha Highway in Siddhababa Area, Nepal, 

Prashidha Kharel and Shanker Dhakal

9.30‐9.45A mapping method of deep‐seated landslide susceptible slopes using Digital Elevation Model, Atsuko Nonomura, Suichi 

Hasegawa,  Ranjan Kumar Dahal, T Chiba and  Takeo Tadono

9.45‐10.00Dynamics of three‐dimensional, two phase landslides and debris flows, Parameshwari Kattel, Khim Bahadur Khattri, Jeevan 

Kafle, Puskar Raj Pokhrel, Gurung DB, Pudasaini S. P. 

10.00‐10.15Logarithmic landslide forecasting model based on slope creep theory, Zhangdong Su, Nie L, Su Z.D, Li Z.C, Zhang M and 

Zhang H.

10.15 ‐ 10.30Causal and trigger factors of landslide occurrences  in Southern Leyte, Philippines:  Its implications to disaster risk reduction 

and management, Beatriz Cuevas Jadina

10.30 ‐ 11.00 Tea/Coffee break

11.00 ‐ 11.15  Global digital surface model generation by Prism onboard AlOS Daichi to contribute geo‐disaster studies,  Takeo Tadono

11.15 ‐ 11.30 The influence countermeasures on debris flow hazard area with numerical simulation, Chen Ping‐Yu

11.30 ‐11.45Hazard mapping of earthquake‐induced deep‐seated catastrophic landslides for different scenario earthquakes by using 

LIDAR DEM and airborne resistivity data, Kazuya Kagamihara, Suichi Hasegawa, Atsuko Nonomura and J Uchida

11.45‐ 12.00 Causes And Effects of Seti Flash Flood of 5th May 2012, Narayan Gurung

12.00 ‐ 12.15 The influence of accumulated precipitation on debris flow hazard area, Ko‐Fie Liu, Wei Shih‐Chao and Yu‐Chang Hsu

12.15 ‐ 13.15 Lunch Break

13.15 ‐ 13.30 California Landslide source area bio‐stabilization, Alan Kropp

13.30 ‐ 13.45  Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment of NW Himalaya, Madan Mohan Rout, Josodhir Das, Kamal

13.45 ‐ 14.00 Verification of desaturation technique as a liquefaction countermeasure for existing embankments, Yuichi Tomida

14.00 ‐ 14.15 A study on the New Evaluation Method for Liquefaction Considering Topology And River Basin, Toshiyuki Takahara

14.15 ‐ 14.30Assessment of community vulnerability to flood in Hanumante River, Bhaktapur, Nepal: Finding the causes and mitigation 

approaches, Srijana Poudyal

14.30 ‐ 14.45 Landslide hazard in Mugling Road, Manita Timilsina and Ranjan Kumar Dahal

14.45 ‐ 15.00 Investigation of landslide triggered by water level variation in reservoir, Hufeng Yang and Fawu Wang

15.00 ‐ 15.15Probabilistic hazard analysis of rainfall induced landslide in higher Himalaya, western Nepal, Bhim Kumar Dahal and Ranjan 

Kumar Dahal

15.15 ‐ 15.30 Revival mechanism and disaster causing process of old large landslide on coal mine tunnel, Jianhui Long and Ji‐Ning Zhang

15.30 ‐ 15.45 Sand Mining as a Flood Hazard Mitigation Measure in Nepal, Hari Krishna Shrestha

15.45 ‐16.15 Tea break

16.15 ‐ 16.30Comparison of H/V Ratios and Predominant Frequencies Inferred from Microtremors and Earthquake Motions in Ehime 

Prefecture, Japan, Bigyan Upadhayay and Sinichiro Mori

16.30 ‐ 16.45 Tsunami evacuation plan and measures for fishing villages, Hiroki Taniwaki

16.45 ‐ 17.00 Landslide monitoring system,  Toshihiko Tanaka

17.00 ‐ 17.15 Road planning in landslide area, Yasuhisa Yada

17.15 ‐ 17.30Evacuation Simulation from Tsunami by Using GIS and Multi Agent System ‐Case study in Wajima City, Japan, Noritomo 

Yamagishi, Naoki Nomura, Masakatsu Miyajima

17.30 ‐ 17.40 Presentation about next symposium (MGDA‐12)

17.40 ‐ 18.00 Closing Ceremony 

18.30 ‐ 21.00 Symposium Banquet (Pool side barbeque party at Hotel Barahi)

Technical Session 7 : Landslide and debris flow studies; Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Ko‐Fie Liu

MGDA‐11, Pokhara Program (24 Oct. 2013, Hotel Barahi)

Technical Session 10:  Geo‐disaster investigation and mitigation, Prof. Dr. Shuichi Hasegawa 

Technical Session 9 : Geo‐disasters and their management; Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Monique Fort

Technical Session 8 : Landslide and flood hazards; Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Tonglu Li