Abstract
The slope instability in mountain terrain induces many kinds of disasters. One of the problems to the human community is that transportation line is a linear infrastructure and is easily stopped by slope disaster at a single point along the route. This situation is particularly serious after big earthquakes or heavy rains when emergency activity is important. This paper addresses slope monitoring and an early warning that facilitate emergency traffic control. It can capture the minor slope movement and allow an early warning to be issued. Further, a recent development of very inexpensive sensor is introduced and a future scope toward the multi-sensor monitoring is described.
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Many on-site projects have been conducted as a collaboration work between the Chuo Kaihatsu Corporation in Tokyo and the Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment in Chengdu, China. The multi-sensor monitoring was carried out with a financial support by the Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program supported by the Japanese Government. Dr. Taro Uchimura of Saitama University made significant contributions to the development of equipments. These supports and collaborations are deeply appreciated.
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Towhata, I. (2019). Damage of Heavy Rain on Local Transportation Line. In: Sundaram, R., Shahu, J., Havanagi, V. (eds) Geotechnics for Transportation Infrastructure. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering , vol 28. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6701-4_15
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