Conveners:  Andreas von Poschinger and Joachim Rohn
Session language: English

Topic:
Investigation of mass movements in mountainous regions is a crucial part of natural hazard management. Considering a possible climate change, investigation of specific sites, research on mechanisms and kinematics as well as on the probability of events and on risk assessment gets increasing importance. Detection and monitoring methods for mass movements have changed rapidly in recent years. Nevertheless, besides new methods as GIS, radar interferometry, and other remote sensing techniques, old-fashioned methods as field mapping or traditional geodesy preserve their advantages.