This book is a collection of papers presented
at the International Workshop on Geotechnical Natural Hazards held July
12–15, 2014, in Kitakyushu, Japan. The workshop was the sixth in the
series of Japan–Taiwan Joint Workshops on Geotechnical Hazards from
Large Earthquakes and Heavy Rainfalls, held under the auspices of the
Asian Technical Committee No. 3 on Geotechnology for Natural Hazards of
the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical
Engineering. It was co-organized by the Japanese Geotechnical Society
and the Taiwanese Geotechnical Society. The contents of
this book focus on geotechnical and natural hazard-related issues in
Asia such as earthquakes, tsunami, rainfall-induced debris flows, slope
failures, and landslides. The book contains the latest information and
mitigation technology on earthquake- and rainfall-induced geotechnical
natural hazards. By dissemination of the latest state-of-the-art
research in the area, the information contained in this book will help
researchers, designers, consultants, government officials, and
academicians involved in the mitigation of natural hazards. The findings
and other information provided here is expected to contribute toward
the development of a new chapter in disaster prevention and mitigation
of geotechnical structures.