After 2000 Stože Landslide: Part I – Development in landslide research in Slovenia

Abstract

The 2000 Stože Landslide with the consecutive wet debris flow with a volume close to 1 million m3 that hit the village of Log pod Mangartom in November 2000 had many consequences. It triggered vast efforts not only for the mitigation of the devastated area but also sparked many studies in several scientific disciplines. Various studies were performed in order to better understand this type of natural hazard and its consequences for the natural and built environment, and for society as a whole. After two decades since the disastrous event in 2000, this paper provides an aggregate survey different studies on this event performed by researchers and engineers, summarising this event’s impact on in-depth landslide research in Slovenia. The advancement in this field in Slovenia since 2000 is obvious.

After 2000 Stože Landslide: Part II - Development of landslide disaster risk reduction policy in Slovenia

“…The effect of the 2000 Stože Landslide on landslide research in Slovenia is given in a companion paper (Mikoš, 2020d). Here we have summarised the development of landslide risk reduction policy in Slovenia after this disaster.…”

“…Since the 2000 Stože Landslide, landslide disaster risk reduction in Slovenia has made important progress. Still, practical solutions and legislation lay beyond the level of science achieved by recent developments in landslide research, as presented in the companion paper (Mikoš, 2020d). In many ways the next steps await the state itself, which is primarily responsible for further development, especially in light of the numerous international obligations signed by the Republic of Slovenia.…”

“…Sassa, 2015;, especially under the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 and its 7 targets and 4 priorities for action (UNISDR, 2015), this policy also considers the impact of climate change on landslides (Gariano and Guzzetti, 2016), an overview of the development of such a policy in Slovenia after 2000 Stože Landslide is given in this paper. As more details on the 2000 Stože Landslide event are given in the companion paper (Mikoš, 2020d), we will start the overview with how responses and relief to natural disasters are organised in Slovenia.…”

“…The 2000 Stože Landslide, along with its consequent debris flow that devastated the village of Log pod Mangartom and claimed 7 casualties, was the largest natural disaster of this kind in the 20th century in Slovenia. Its impact on landslide research in Slovenia thereafter was the focus of the companion paper (Mikoš, 2020d). The current paper, interested in the development of landslide risk reduction policy in Slovenia thereafter, deals rather with the question: "What lessons have been learned from this event?"…”

Spatial and Temporal Variability in Rainfall Erosivity Under Alpine Climate: A Slovenian Case Study Using Optical Disdrometer Data

“…This means that altitude is not a very good predictor of erosivity in the case of Slovenia. The main reason is probably the relatively complex topography and rainfall generation mechanisms that often lead to flash floods or rainfall- induced landslide triggering (Mikoš et al, 2006;Rusjan et al, 2009;Bezak et al, 2015a;Jemec Auflič et al, 2017;Mikoš, 2020bMikoš, , 2020aMikoš, , 2021.…”