In commemoration of the Zhouqu 2010 Debris Flow Disaster in Gansu province and for developing the research on new techniques and methods for geohazards prevention and management in southern Gansu province, the First International Symposium on New Techniques for Geohazards Research and Management was jointly held by the Research School of Arid Environment and Climate Change, Geological Environment Monitoring Institute of Gansu Province, Geohazards Prevention Institute of Gansu Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou University of Technology, and Xi’an Geology Survey Center of China Geological Survey Bureau in the lecture hall of Run Run Shaw Science Museum of the LZU on September 10th.
The symposium consists of two parts, namely theme discussion and field study. During the two days of four-theme discussion (including China Geohazards, Debris Flow Disasters, Management Methods and Techniques of Unstable Landform, and Stability of the Loess Slope), 29 theme reports such as “A Case Study: Slop Reinforcement Engineering Research Development in China”, “Study on the Mechanism how Wenchuan Earthquake Causes Large Scale Geohazards” were delivered by Academician Chen Zuyu, Prof. Huang Runqiu, and other experts and a heated discussion was launched among all the experts, which enhanced the friendship and cooperation between experts at home and abroad. The international conference also greatly increased the academic influence of Lanzhou University in the field of geohazards in the world.
The SCI journal of England “Engineering Geology & Hydrogeology” will publish the papers of the symposium in commemoration of the Zhouqu 2010 Debris Flow Disaster.
