EuroSDR (http://www.eurosdr.net/) is a non-profit organisation that provides a pan- European network that brings together mapping/cadastre agencies and academia for the purpose of applied research, and securing timely, research-based knowledge that allows the agencies to play their role as content providers and government competence centres for geographic information and spatial data infrastructures. EuroSDR is the recognised provider of research-based knowledge to a Europe where citizens can readily benefit from geographic information. Its mission is to develop and improve methods, systems and standards for the acquisition, processing, production, maintenance, management, visualization, and dissemination of geographic reference data in support of applications and service delivery. EuroSDR delivers advanced research-based knowledge. Its value is generated by facilitating interaction between research organisations and the public and private sector with the aim of exchanging ideas and knowledge about relevant research topics; by facilitating and contributing to research projects; and by transferring knowledge and research results to real world applications. The paper gives an overview about EuroSDR research principles, research alliances, objectives and action plans of each of the technical commissions.@en

The causes of landslides are manifold and highly influenced by multiple interacting natural and anthropogenic factors. In particular human induced land cover changes, such as deforestation and afforestation are known to strongly influence slope stability. Thus, we investigate the understanding of differences between forested and non-forested conditions of an area is crucial in order to develop sustainable preventive countermeasures. One possibility to evaluate the influence of biomass changes on landslide activity is to apply physically based slope stability models where the dynamic influence of spatially and temporally variable vegetation areas on soil strength and hydrology is explicitly included. Some of these models also require detailed information on biomass related parameters (e.g. wood and crown volume, weight, Leaf Area Index) as well as surface and subsurface conditions. Newly developed algorithms allow deriving biomass parameters from highly resolved multi-temporal 3D Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS). This allows an improved parameterization of hydro-mechanical slope stability models since it accounts for the spatiotemporal variability in vegetation conditions. The BioSLIDE project aims to combine vegetation related parameters derived from ALS data with physically based slope stability modelling to allow a better understanding of geomorphic interdependencies at regional scale. The objective of this paper is to evaluate possibilities and potential limitations of an inclusion of ALS-derived biomass information within dynamic physically based hydro-mechanical slope stability modelling. Hereto both synthetic and real case study data will be used. This interdisciplinary approach is expected to improve spatio-temporal scenarios of anthropogenic effects and environmental changes on landslide activity. @en

EuroSDR (http://www.eurosdr.net/) is a non-profit organisation that provides a pan-European network that brings together mapping / cadastre agencies and academia for the purpose of applied research, and securing timely, research-based knowledge that allows the agencies to play their role as content providers and government competence centres for geographic information and spatial data infrastructures. EuroSDR is the recognised provider of research-based knowledge to a Europe where citizens can readily benefit from geographic information. Its mission is to develop and improve methods, systems and standards for the acquisition, processing, production, maintenance, management, visualization, and dissemination of geographic reference data in support of applications and service delivery. EuroSDR delivers advanced research-based knowledge. Its value is generated by facilitating interaction between research organisations and the public and private sector with the aim of exchanging ideas and knowledge about relevant research topics; by facilitating and contributing to research projects; and by transferring knowledge and research results to real world applications. The paper gives an overview about EuroSDR research principles, research alliances, objectives and action plans of each of the technical commissions. @en