Background:

Pakistan is located in a seismically active region and has a long history of devastating earthquakes and landslides. Understanding these geological hazards and their impact is crucial for disaster management and mitigation.

Geological Survey of Pakistan is leading a Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) titled “Pakistan National Research Program on Geological Hazards (Earthquakes & Landslides), Data Acquisition along Active Faults and Identification of Potential Landslide Hotspot Zones” that focuses on studying geological hazards, particularly earthquakes and landslides, in Pakistan. The program aims to acquire data along active faults and identify potential landslide hotspot zones in order to better understand the geological processes that lead to these hazards and develop strategies to reduce the risks associated with them.

Landslides triggered by earthquakes are one of the classic examples of inter-relation between different hazards and their risk phenomena. The symposium also aims to focus on Mass Movement Hazards, with a particular emphasis on changing climatic conditions.

We therefore invite research scientists and engineers, disaster response and mitigation experts, and decision and policy makers from around the globe to present the latest developments in earthquake and landslide vulnerability and risk assessment. In particular, advances and perspectives of GNSS technology in earthquake studies, and associated case studies, are of interest.