Objective To develop criteria for the recognition of relict landslidesand reconstructing past distributions of landslide incidents andtheir relationship to climatic change parameters. To developqualitative evolution models and hydrological and slope stabilitymodelling for the prediction of landslide activity with test siteexamples.The purpose of the project is to give more emphasis to thetemporal stability and activity of landslides with respect to theimpacts of a changing climate in Europe. Currently availableinformation on landslides does not normally give either thequantitative characteristics or the physical background of thetemporal movement patterns of the past. It is, therefore,difficult to indicate, in a reliable way, future patterns ofactivity. A more detailed diagnosis of activity requires betterhistorical data and field observations, as well as methods ofmodelling and analysis.The project methodology will employ a combination ofphotographic, cartographic, morphometric and topographic surfacemovement analyses in order to provide characteristic criteria forthe recognition of landslides. The work of the EPOCH project"The temporal occurrence and forecasting of landsliding in theEuropean Community" contract no. EPOC- CT90-0025 will becontinued by further reconstructions of past distributions oflandslide incidents. This will include geomorphological mapping,a variety of dating techniques including dendrochronological,lichenometric and radiometric methods, analysis of climatic data,time series analysis and standard chronostratigraphic techniques.This is necessary to improve calibration techniques. These willbe used for the modelling framework for the prediction oflandslide activity. The project will then attempt to linkclimatic change model outputs to modern methods of slopestability analysis using hillslope hydrology and groundwatermodels.Deliverable products will be a set of European guidelines to therecognition of relict landslides. This will consist of a manualof landslide characteristics and mapping techniques designed fornon-specialist use (e.g. planners, architects, engineers).Further deliverables are records of relict landslide activity anda modelling framework with test site examples.The results of the research will give support to planningactivities on a European level because it will improve theability to predict future landslide activity, the understandingof the climatic causes of fluctuations in slope stability and thekey variables controlling the activity of landslides. Fields of science natural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrologynatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes Programme(s) FP3-ENV 1C - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of the environment, 1990-1994 Topic(s) 0103 - Climate change impacts Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Address Im neuenheimer feld 348 69120 Heidelberg Germany See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via giuseppe verdi 1 87030 Commenda di rende cosenza See on map KING'S COLLEGE LONDON United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Strand WC2R 2LS London See on map Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address 2, 3508 TC Utrecht See on map Universidad de Cantabria Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Av. de los castros s/n 39005 Santander See on map Université de Strasbourg I (Université Louis Pasteur) France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 3 rue de l'argonne 67083 Strasbourg See on map