History and Background:

With the increasingly significant global climate change, geohazards, encompassing a variety of types such as earthquakes, debris flows, and landslides, exhibit more pronounced interdisciplinary, regionally dependent, and historically contingent. The risk management of global geohazards involves not only collaboration across multiple disciplines, including engineering, geology, hydrology, and meteorology but also coordination among different countries and regions, as well as various academic institutions and industries. However, due to the lack of unified regulatory standards, risk management of global geohazards faces several challenges: (1) Challenge of Hazard Diversity: Geohazards occur in different types under varying regional and climatic conditions. The absence of adaptable standards makes it challenging to effectively address the diverse challenges posed by geohazards. (2) Uneven Technological Levels: The lack of unified standards may result in uneven technological levels. Some regions may adopt outdated or less effective methods, while others may employ advanced and validated technologies. This imbalance can impact the overall level of geohazard prevention and control. (3) Lack of Consistency and Interoperability: Disparities in the implementation of prevention and control measures among different countries and regions hinder the sharing and complementing of experiences and technologies. (4) Barriers to International Cooperation: The absence of unified standards hampers international cooperation. Dealing with transboundary geohazard issues becomes more challenging without common standards, impeding information sharing, resource integration, and collaborative actions. Therefore, standardization is crucial for ensuring consistency and high-level execution of global efforts in geohazard risk reduction. The establishment of the Committee on Standardization will aid in formulating uniform technical specifications, engineering standards, and management procedures, providing the international community with a shared framework to respond to the threats of geohazards more effectively. Furthermore, standardization fosters information sharing, experience exchange, and collaboration opportunities among nations. Such a committee will play a crucial role in developing emergency response plans, conducting risk assessments, and formulating engineering design and construction standards, contributing to the creation of a safer and more sustainable environment. By promoting standardization, we can leverage global expertise more effectively, enhancing the scientific and operational aspects of geohazard risk reduction and making a positive contribution to the long-term health and safety of humanity and the ecological environment within the Earth system.

 

Aims and Perspectives：

1. Develop a globally applicable standardization framework for the technical, administrative, educational, and promotional measures in geohazard management, provide unified, compatible, and interoperable guidelines for geohazard prevention and reduction activities across different countries, regions, academic fields, and industry sectors.
2. Review, update, and promote specifications or standards designated by different countries, regions, academic fields, and industry sectors in the areas of geohazard prevention, reduction, management, and promotion, to ensure that they align with the global standardization frameworks and can adapt to new technological advancements and practical experiences.
3. Organize academic conferences and other events with the theme of "Standardization in Geo-Risk Management," promoting industry standards and specifications, fostering the exchange and dissemination of best practices, and ensuring that regions can draw upon successful disaster prevention experiences.
4. Promote collaboration and resource sharing among international organizations, governments, research institutions, and businesses, collectively addressing transboundary geological disaster issues, by establishing international standards.

 

Standard Development & Approval Guidelines

1. The development, revision and approval of standards within the Committee on Standardization in Geo-disaster Reduction (CSGdR) encompasses 7 steps: Project Application, Initiation, Standard Development, Soliciting Opinions, Standard Review, Approval and Publication.
2. The proposal should be jointly submitted by no less than 3 applicants from at least 2 different countries/regions, which can be either ICGdR member or non-member entities.
3. All expenditures associated with the standard project are governed by the financial regulations and guidelines of the ICGdR. The specific cost for non-member entities is 16,000 EUR. The specific cost for member entities is 14,000 EUR.
4. Application documentations download
   1) Application guideline: Standard Development and Approval Process (Standard Development and Approval Process.docx)
   2) Standard Project Initiation Form for Application (Appendix 1.1-Standard Project Initiation Form for Application.doc)
   3) Standard Template (Appendix 2-Standard Template.docx)
   4) Contract template (Appendix 5-Contract template.docx)
5. Please submit application documentations to: ICGdRStandard@163.com
   For more information please contact secretaries

 

Co-Chairs:

Li Jin-Hui (jinhui.li@hit.edu.cn), Dr., Prof., Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, China

Zou Qiang (zouqiang@imde.ac.cn), Dr., Prof. Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

 

Secretary:

Lu Wen-Jun (luwenjun@hit.edu.cn), Dr., Prof., Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, China

Yang Tao (yangtao@imde.ac.cn), Dr., Assistant Prof., Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.

Advisory Board:

Jinping Ou (oujinping@hit.edu.cn), Dr., Prof., Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, China

Peng Cui (pengcui@imde.ac.cn), Dr., Prof., Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Chen Zu-Yu (chenzuyu@iwhr.com), Dr., Prof., China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing, China

Li Hua-Jun (huajun@ouc.edu.cn), Dr., Prof., Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

Lin Ming (Linming1004@sohu.com), Dr., Chief Scientist, China Communications Construction Corporation, China

Yin Yue-Ping (yinypcgs@hotmail.com), Dr., Chief Scientist, Geological Disaster Technical Guidance Center of the Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing, China

Suzanne Lacasse (suzanne.lacasse@ngi.no), Dr., Prof., Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Norway

Kok Kwang Phoon (kkphoon@nus.edu.sg7), Dr., Prof., Academician, National University of Singapore, Singapore

D. Vaughan Griffiths (d.v.griffiths@mines.edu), Dr., Prof., Colorado School of Mines, USA

Mark Cassidy(mark.cassidy@unimelb.edu.au), Dr., Prof., University of Melbourne, Australia

 

Committee Members:

Beena AJMERA (bajmera@iastate.edu), Dr., Assistant Prof., Iowa State University, USA.

Chen Chen (laurachen@scu.edu.cn), Dr., Associate Prof. Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.

Chen Xiao-Hong (eescxh@mail.sysu.edu.cn), Dr., Prof., Sun Yat-sen University, China

Cui Yi-Fei (yifeicui@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn), Dr., Associate Prof. Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

He Bin (bhe@soil.gd.cn), Dr., Porf., Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, China

Hu Pan (P.Hu@westernsydney.edu.au), Dr., Prof., Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia

Huang Yu (yhuang@tongji.edu.cn), Dr., Prof., Tongji University, China

Kravchenko Ekaterina (kravchienko.66@bk.ru), Dr., Post-doc., The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China.

Li Jin-Hui(jinhui.li@hit.edu.cn), Dr., Prof., Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, China

Liang Tao, Dr., Prof., Aerospace Architecture Design and Research Institute Co., LTD, China

Lin Pei-Yuan (linpy23@mail.sysu.edu.cn), Dr., Prof., Sun Yat-sen University, China

Liu Xiao-Lei (xiaolei@ouc.edu.cn), Dr., Prof., Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.

Liu Zhong-Qiang (zhongqiang.Liu@ngi.no), Dr., Senior Researcher, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Norway

Lu Wen-Jun (luwenjun@hit.edu.cn), Dr., Prof., Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, China

Shen Ping (pingshen@um.edu.mo), Dr., Associate Prof., University of Macau, China

Teuku Faisal FATHANI (tfathani@ugm.ac.id), Dr., Prof., Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia

Veronica TOFANI (veronica.tofani(AT)unifi.it), Dr., Associate Prof., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Firenze

Vit VILIMEK (vit.vilimek@natur.cuni.cz), Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic

Wang Lei (wang4li@ucmail.uc.edu), Dr., Assistant Prof., University of Cincinnati, USA

Wang Cheng (wangcheng@aircas.ac.cn), Dr., Prof., Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Yang Sai-Ni (yangsaini@bnu.edu.cn), Dr., Prof., Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

Yang Tao, Dr., Assistant Prof. Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. (yangtao@imde.ac.cn)

Zhang Li-Min (cezhangl@ust.hk), Dr., Prof. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR

Zheng Wen-Jun (zhengwenjun@mail.sysu.edu.cn), Dr., Prof., Sun Yat-sen University, China

Zhou Mi (zhoumi@scut.edu.cn), Dr., Associate Prof., South China University of Technology, China

Zou Qiang (zouqiang@imde.ac.cn), Dr., Prof. Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Liang Qiu-Hua (Q.Liang@lboro.ac.uk), Dr., Prof., Loughborough University, UK

 

All interested members are welcome to join!