Landslide: Susceptibility, Risk Assessment and Sustainability: Application of Geostatistical and Geospatial Modeling

本書闡述了一種地理空間和地質統計的方法，用於數據分析、建模、風險評估和可視化，以及在丘陵地區的滑坡危害管理。本書探討了基於開源軟體和R統計程式設計及建模的前沿方法，特別強調在當前決策過程中，數據挖掘技術和在暴雨及地震引發的滑坡危害中穩健建模的最新進展。

Dr. Rajib Shaw is a professor in the Graduate School of Media and Governance in Keio University, Japan. He is also the Senior Fellow of Institute of Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) Japan, and the Chairperson of SEEDS Asia and CWS Japan, two Japanese NGOs. Earlier, he was the Executive Director of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) and was a Professor in Kyoto University. His expertise includes disaster governance, community-based disaster risk management, climate change adaptation, urban risk management, and disaster and environmental education. Professor Shaw is the Chair of the United Nations Science Technology Advisory Group (STAG) for disaster risk reduction; and also, the Co-chair of the Asia Science Technology Academic Advisory Group (ASTAAG). He is also the CLA (Coordinating Lead Author) for Asia chapter of IPCC's 6th Assessment Report. He is the editor-in-chief of the Elsevier's journal "Progress in Disaster Science", and series editor of a Springer book series on disaster risk reduction. Prof. Shaw has published more than 45 books and over 300 academic papers and book chapters.

Dr. Subodh Chandra Pal, Assistant Professor has been working in the Postgraduate Department of Geography, The University of Burdwan, Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal, India. He received his Ph.D. in Geography from Visva-Bharati (Central University in India) in 2015. His main fields of expertise are fluvial geomorphology, pedo-geomorphology, land degradation, soil erosion, gully erosion, landslide vulnerability, climate change, water resources monitoring and management and published nearly two hundred international and national research articles in various renowned journals (Springer, Elsevier, Taylor & Francis group, Wiley, MDPI and Nature Publishing group.). He published one author book from Springer Nature publishing house on Climate Change Impact on Soil Erosion in Sub-tropical Environment: Application of Empirical and Semi-empirical Models. He is the Editor of four running Edited books be published by Elsevier and Springer Publishing house. His research work has been funded by the University Grants Commission (UGC), Govt. of India and Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India. Dr. Pal has served as a reviewer for many International reputed journals. He is an Editorial board member of MDPI Water journal and Frontiers of Earth Science journal. Since 2022, Stanford University has recognized Dr. Pal as one of the world's top 2% scientists.

Dr. Uday Chatterjee is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography, Bhatter College, Dantan, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India and an Applied Geographer with a Doctoral Degree in Applied Geography fron Ravenshaw Univ., Cuttack, Odisha, India. His areas of research interest cover Urban Planning, Social and Human geography, Applied Geomorphology, Hazards & Disasters, Environmental Issues, disaster governance, community-based disaster risk management, climate change adaptation, urban risk management, and disaster. He has delivered 10 invited lectures in Univ. Grants Commissions (UGC) sponsored national seminars and various academic forums of different colleges in India. In addition, he presented 20 papers in national and international seminars/conferences held in India as well as chaired and co-chaired more than 5 technical sessions. He has successfully guided project dissertations to undergraduate students. He has also conducted (Convener) one Faculty Development Programme on 'Modern methods of teaching and advanced research methods' sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Govt. of India. Currently, he has completed the Special Issue (S.I) of Urbanism, Smart Cities and Modeling, Geojournal, Springer as a Lead Editor, book series editor of Development in Environmental Science, Elsevier. His research work has been funded by the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) Govt. of West Bengal, India. He has served as a reviewer for many International journals. Currently, he is engaged in an international project, in collaboration with Indonesia, Malaysia, and Japan funded by APN (Asia Pacific- Global Change Research) and he is the guest editor of the special issue Social Ecology, Human-Well-being and Sustainability, Global Social Welfare journal of Springer. He has published 30 research papers, 10 edited books, and 2 author books, 15 book chapters, and 2 conference proceedings.

Asish Saha is currently engaging as a Ph.D. Research Scholar in the Department of Geography, The Univ. of Burdwan, Bardhaman, West Bengal, India. He received his Master's degree in Geography from The Univ. of Burdwan and Post Graduate diploma in Geoinformatics from Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of West Bengal, in collaboration with Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Univ. of Technology, Kolkata. His fields of expertise are Climate Change, Climate Variability, Regional Climate Modeling, Hydro-climatic extremes, Water Resources Management, Water Quality, Hazard and Risk Assessment and Statistical Modeling. He has published more than eighty international and national research articles in various renowned journals like Springer, Elsevier, Willey, and Taylor & Francis group. His research work has been funded by the University Grants Commission (UGC), India.

Dr. Rajib Shaw 是日本慶應義塾大學媒體與治理研究所的教授。他同時也是日本全球環境戰略研究所（IGES）的高級研究員，以及日本兩個非政府組織 SEEDS Asia 和 CWS Japan 的主席。早期，他曾擔任災害風險綜合研究（IRDR）的執行董事，並在京都大學任教。他的專業領域包括災害治理、基於社區的災害風險管理、氣候變遷適應、城市風險管理以及災害與環境教育。Shaw 教授是聯合國科學技術諮詢小組（STAG）在災害風險減少方面的主席，並且是亞洲科學技術學術諮詢小組（ASTAAG）的共同主席。他也是 IPCC 第六次評估報告亞洲章的協調主筆（CLA）。他是 Elsevier 期刊《Progress in Disaster Science》的主編，以及 Springer 出版社災害風險減少系列書籍的系列編輯。Shaw 教授已出版超過 45 本書籍和 300 篇學術論文及書章。

Dr. Subodh Chandra Pal 是印度西孟加拉邦 Burdwan 大學地理研究所的助理教授。他於 2015 年在印度中央大學 Visva-Bharati 獲得地理學博士學位。他的主要專業領域包括河流地貌學、土壤地貌學、土地退化、土壤侵蝕、溝蝕、滑坡脆弱性、氣候變遷、水資源監測與管理，並在各大知名期刊（如 Springer、Elsevier、Taylor & Francis、Wiley、MDPI 和 Nature Publishing Group）發表了近兩百篇國際和國內研究文章。他從 Springer Nature 出版社出版了一本專著，題為《亞熱帶環境中氣候變遷對土壤侵蝕的影響：經驗模型與半經驗模型的應用》。他是四本由 Elsevier 和 Springer 出版社出版的編輯書籍的編輯。他的研究工作得到了印度政府大學補助委員會（UGC）和印度政府科學技術部（DST）的資助。Pal 博士曾擔任多本國際知名期刊的審稿人，並且是 MDPI Water 期刊和 Frontiers of Earth Science 期刊的編輯委員會成員。自 2022 年以來，斯坦福大學已將 Pal 博士認定為全球前 2% 的科學家之一。

Dr. Uday Chatterjee 是印度西孟加拉邦 Dantan 的 Bhatter College 地理系的助理教授，並擁有來自印度奧里薩邦 Ravenshaw 大學的應用地理學博士學位。他的研究興趣涵蓋城市規劃、社會與人文地理學、應用地貌學、災害與風險、環境問題、災害治理、基於社區的災害風險管理、氣候變遷適應、城市風險管理及災害。他在印度的國家研討會和各大學術論壇上發表了 10 場受邀演講。此外，他在印度舉辦的國內和國際研討會/會議上發表了 20 篇論文，並主持和共同主持了超過 5 場技術會議。他成功指導了本科生的專題論文，並且曾主辦一個由印度社會科學研究委員會（ICSSR）資助的「現代教學方法與先進研究方法」的教師發展計畫。目前，他已作為主編完成了 Springer 的《城市主義、智慧城市與建模》特刊，以及 Elsevier 的《環境科學發展》系列書籍的系列編輯。他的研究工作得到了西孟加拉邦污染控制委員會（WBPCB）和印度政府的資助。