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Near-real-time modelling of landslide impacts to inform rapid response: an example from the 2016 Kaikoura, New Zealand, earthquake (2018)
Journal Article
Robinson, T., Rosser, N., Davies, T., Wilson, T., & Orchiston, C. (2018). Near-real-time modelling of landslide impacts to inform rapid response: an example from the 2016 Kaikoura, New Zealand, earthquake. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 108(3B), 1665-1682. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120170234

Reliable methods for the near‐real‐time modeling of landslide hazard and associated impacts that follow an earthquake are required to provide crucial information to guide emergency responses. After the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake in New Zealand, we unde... Read More about Near-real-time modelling of landslide impacts to inform rapid response: an example from the 2016 Kaikoura, New Zealand, earthquake.

Optimising 4-D surface change detection: an approach for capturing rockfall magnitude–frequency (2018)
Journal Article
Williams, J., Rosser, N., Hardy, R., Brain, M., & Afana, A. (2018). Optimising 4-D surface change detection: an approach for capturing rockfall magnitude–frequency. Earth Surface Dynamics, 6(1), 101-119. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-101-2018

We present a monitoring technique tailored to analysing change from near-continuously collected, high-resolution 3D data. Our aim is to fully characterise geomorphological change typified by an event magnitude frequency relationship that adheres to a... Read More about Optimising 4-D surface change detection: an approach for capturing rockfall magnitude–frequency.

Evolving narratives of hazard and risk: The Gorkha earthquake, Nepal, 2015 (2018)
Book
Bracken, L., Ruszczyk, H., & Robinson, T. (Eds.). (2018). Evolving narratives of hazard and risk: The Gorkha earthquake, Nepal, 2015. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65211-5

This book presents a range of academic research and personal reflections on the Gorkha earthquake that struck Nepal in 2015. For the first time, perspectives from geography, disaster risk reduction, cultural heritage protection, archaeology, anthropo... Read More about Evolving narratives of hazard and risk: The Gorkha earthquake, Nepal, 2015.

Looking and Moving Forward (2018)
Book Chapter
Robinson, T., Ruszczyk, H., & Bracken, L. (2018). Looking and Moving Forward. In L. Bracken, H. Ruszczyk, & T. Robinson (Eds.), Evolving narratives of hazard and risk: The Gorkha earthquake, Nepal, 2015 (183-192). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65211-5_11

This chapter, the conclusion of the book, presents emerging themes based on the disciplinary perspectives of the book contributors.

The Earthquake and Ideas Lying Around (2018)
Book Chapter
Ruszczyk, H. A. (2018). The Earthquake and Ideas Lying Around. In L. A. Bracken, H. Ruszczyk, & T. Robinson (Eds.), Evolving narratives of hazard and risk : the Gorkha earthquake, Nepal, 2015 (125-139). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65211-5_8

This chapter explores how the earthquake allowed other ideas to take root in Nepal and become reality. The earthquake reinvigorated central government–level interest in implementing the National Building Code. The earthquake also created the momentum... Read More about The Earthquake and Ideas Lying Around.

Earthquake Risk Reduction Efforts in Nepal: NSET’s Experience (2018)
Book Chapter
Dixit, A. M., Shrestha, S. N., Guragain, R., Jimee, G., Dhungel, R., Pradhan, S., …Ruszczyk, H. A. (2018). Earthquake Risk Reduction Efforts in Nepal: NSET’s Experience. In L. Bracken, H. Ruszczyk, & T. Robinson (Eds.), Evolving Narratives of Hazard and Risk (15-43). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65211-5_2

This chapter describes earthquake risk reduction efforts in Nepal from NSET’s perspective and is co-authored by a team of researchers who have been with NSET since its inception. NSET was established in 1994 with the objective to reduce earthquake ri... Read More about Earthquake Risk Reduction Efforts in Nepal: NSET’s Experience.

Satellite-based emergency mapping using optical imagery: experience and reflections from the 2015 Nepal earthquakes (2018)
Journal Article
Williams, J., Rosser, N., Kincey, M., Benjamin, J., Oven, K., Densmore, A., …Dijkstra, T. (2018). Satellite-based emergency mapping using optical imagery: experience and reflections from the 2015 Nepal earthquakes. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 18, 185-205. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-185-2018

Landslides triggered by large earthquakes in mountainous regions contribute significantly to overall earthquake losses and pose a major secondary hazard that can persist for months or years. While scientific investigations of coseismic landsliding ar... Read More about Satellite-based emergency mapping using optical imagery: experience and reflections from the 2015 Nepal earthquakes.

Using spatial-stream-network models and long-term data to understand and predict dynamics of faecal contamination in a mixed land-use catchment (2018)
Journal Article
Neill, A. J., Tetzlaff, D., Strachan, N. J. C., Hough, R. L., Avery, L. M., Watson, H., & Soulsby, C. (2018). Using spatial-stream-network models and long-term data to understand and predict dynamics of faecal contamination in a mixed land-use catchment. Science of the Total Environment, 612, 840-852. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.08.151

A continuum of perceived urban risk – from the Gorkha earthquake to economic insecurity (2018)
Journal Article
Ruszczyk, H. A. (2018). A continuum of perceived urban risk – from the Gorkha earthquake to economic insecurity. Environment and Urbanization, 30(1), 317-332. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956247817744927

Global discussions of risk in the disaster risk reduction literature do not necessarily reflect the range of risk as understood by residents in the urban South. This intra-urban comparison from Bharatpur, Nepal, where the Gorkha earthquake struck in... Read More about A continuum of perceived urban risk – from the Gorkha earthquake to economic insecurity.

Drift-dependent changes in iceberg size-frequency distributions (2017)
Journal Article
Kirkham, J. D., Rosser, N. J., Wainwright, J., Vann Jones (née Norman), E. C., Dunning, S. A., Lane, V. S., …Szczuciński, W. (2017). Drift-dependent changes in iceberg size-frequency distributions. Scientific Reports, 7, Article 15991. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-14863-2

Although the size-frequency distributions of icebergs can provide insight into how they disintegrate, our understanding of this process is incomplete. Fundamentally, there is a discrepancy between iceberg power-law size-frequency distributions observ... Read More about Drift-dependent changes in iceberg size-frequency distributions.

A catchment-scale model to predict spatial and temporal burden of E . coli on pasture from grazing livestock (2017)
Journal Article
Oliver, D. M., Bartie, P. J., Louise Heathwaite, A., Reaney, S. M., Parnell, J. A., & Quilliam, R. S. (2018). A catchment-scale model to predict spatial and temporal burden of E . coli on pasture from grazing livestock. Science of the Total Environment, 616-617, 678-687. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.10.263

Effective management of diffuse microbial water pollution from agriculture requires a fundamental understanding of how spatial patterns of microbial pollutants, e.g. E. coli, vary over time at the landscape scale. The aim of this study was to apply t... Read More about A catchment-scale model to predict spatial and temporal burden of E . coli on pasture from grazing livestock.

Rapid post-earthquake modelling of coseismic landsliding intensity and distribution for emergency response decision support (2017)
Journal Article
Robinson, T., Rosser, N., Densmore, A., Williams, J., Kincey, M., Benjamin, J., & Bell, H. (2017). Rapid post-earthquake modelling of coseismic landsliding intensity and distribution for emergency response decision support. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 17(9), 1521-1540. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-1521-2017

Current methods to identify coseismic landslides immediately after an earthquake using optical imagery are too slow to effectively inform emergency response activities. Issues with cloud cover, data collection and processing, and manual landslide ide... Read More about Rapid post-earthquake modelling of coseismic landsliding intensity and distribution for emergency response decision support.

Predicting diffuse microbial pollution risk across catchments: The performance of SCIMAP and recommendations for future development (2017)
Journal Article
Porter, K. D., Reaney, S. M., Quilliam, R. S., Burgess, C., & Oliver, D. M. (2017). Predicting diffuse microbial pollution risk across catchments: The performance of SCIMAP and recommendations for future development. Science of the Total Environment, 609, 456-465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.186

Microbial pollution of surface waters in agricultural catchments can be a consequence of poor farm management practices, such as excessive stocking of livestock on vulnerable land or inappropriate handling of manures and slurries. Catchment intervent... Read More about Predicting diffuse microbial pollution risk across catchments: The performance of SCIMAP and recommendations for future development.

Forensic rockfall scar analysis: Development of a mechanically correct model of rockfall failure (2017)
Book Chapter
de Vilder, S., Rosser, N., Brain, M., & Vann Jones, E. (2017). Forensic rockfall scar analysis: Development of a mechanically correct model of rockfall failure. In J. De Graff, & A. Shakoor (Eds.), Landslides : putting experience, knowledge and emerging technologies into practice (829-839). Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists (AEG)

The mechanical controls on small (< 10 m3), individual rockfall in jointed rock masses are not well constrained. We use forensic analysis of rockfall detachment surfaces (scars) which display fractured surfaces broken through intact rock, termed rock... Read More about Forensic rockfall scar analysis: Development of a mechanically correct model of rockfall failure.

Forensic analysis of rockfall scars (2017)
Journal Article
de Vilder, S., Rosser, N., & Brain, M. (2017). Forensic analysis of rockfall scars. Geomorphology, 295, 202-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.07.005

We characterise and analyse the detachment (scar) surfaces of rockfalls to understand the mechanisms that underpin their failure. Rockfall scars are variously weathered and comprised of both discontinuity release surfaces and surfaces indicative of f... Read More about Forensic analysis of rockfall scars.

Rapid post-earthquake modelling of coseismic landslide magnitude and distribution for emergency response decision support (2017)
Journal Article
Robinson, T., Rosser, N., Densmore, A., Williams, J., Kincey, M., Benjamin, J., & Bell, H. (2017). Rapid post-earthquake modelling of coseismic landslide magnitude and distribution for emergency response decision support. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 17, 1521-1540. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2017-83

Current methods to identify coseismic landslides immediately after an earthquake using optical imagery are too slow to effectively inform emergency response activities. Issues with cloud cover, data collection and processing, and manual landslide ide... Read More about Rapid post-earthquake modelling of coseismic landslide magnitude and distribution for emergency response decision support.