New app warns Sitkans of landslide risk
Seven years (to the day) after a swarm of landslides struck Sitka -- one of which was fatal -- an interdisciplinary team has developed a web-based tool to alert residents to landslide danger.
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Social science survey will guide development Sitka’s landslide warning ‘dashboard’
Sitka Sound Geoscience coordinator Cora Siebert is joined by social scientists Max Izenberg and Ryan Brown to discuss the landslide resilience survey which will be available through February 14 in Sitka. The information will help researchers develop a landslide warning "dashboard" for Sitka -- the first of its kind in the country.
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Warning system will use Sitka’s social network to alert residents to landslide danger
A three-year project to develop a landslide warning system in Sitka is entering its second year -- and moving from a hardware phase to something a bit softer: Social networking. This week a group of researchers is in the community to learn more about how Sitkans inform each other during emergencies.
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Landslide warning system on horizon for Sitka
Researchers with the RAND Corporation, a nonprofit based in Santa Monica, California, and other community partners are beginning work on a three-year project to develop a landslide warning system in Sitka using inexpensive sensor technology, funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
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Sitka research partnership wins $2.1 million for landslide prediction
A research partnership has been awarded $2.1 million to study landslide prediction in Sitka. The 3-year “Smart and Connected Communities” grant comes from the National Science Foundation, with the goal of using relatively inexpensive sensor technology -- and existing social networks -- to create a realtime warning system in Sitka and other communities at risk of slides.
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