Planning visit to the University of Bari, Italy to initiate a collaborative study on the processes controlling slow moving landslides in Southeastern Italy.

该奖项支持对意大利巴里的规划访问，以建立一个关于控制缓慢移动滑坡过程的合作研究项目。 美国研究人员将与巴里大学和意大利国家研究理事会（CNR）的同行合作。 国际研究团队汇集了岩土工程和地质科学家，他们在控制山区景观变化的过程中具有应用和理论知识。这项催化研究活动旨在美国和意大利研究人员之间分享初步知识和数据，并开始初步的实地活动。 这项研究将集中在意大利东南部马奇纳山脉的两个山顶城镇。 这些城镇几乎被山体滑坡包围，山体滑坡正在慢慢破坏城镇，摧毁基础设施。 为了防止滑坡对基础设施造成的破坏，必须确定和量化增强和抑制滑坡运动的变量。这项研究的结果将有助于更好地管理容易发生缓慢滑坡事件的景观。 该项目的一个计划成果是参与者之间正在进行的国际研究合作的竞争性建议。 此外，该项目将使杜兰大学的一名研究生能够在意大利进行广泛的实地工作，使用独特的意大利设施，并在她学术生涯的早期阶段建立一个国际合作者网络。

This award supports a planning visit to Bari, Italy to establish a collaborative research project on the processes controlling slow moving landslides. The US researchers will work with counterpart at the University of Bari and the Italian National Research Council (CNR). The international research team brings together geotechnical and geological scientists with both applied and theoretical knowledge in the processes controlling landscape change in mountainous regions. This catalytic research activity is designed to share preliminary knowledge and data between the US and Italian researchers and to commence initial field activity. The study will focus on two hilltop towns in the Appenine Mountains of Southeastern Italy. These towns are nearly encircled by landslides that are slowly undermining the towns and destroying infrastructure. In order to prevent infrastructure damage imparted by landslides, the variables that enhance and inhibit landslide movement must be identified and quantified.Results from this research will contribute to better management of landscapes prone to slow landsliding events. A planned outcome of this project is competitive proposals for ongoing international research collaborations between the participants. In addition, the project will enable a graduate student at Tulane University to conduct extensive field work in Italy, use unique Italian facilities, and develop an international network of collaborators at an early stage in her academic career.