LANDSLIDE HAZARD ZONATION: A REVIEW OF PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE

Of all natural hazards, slope failures are the most amenable to measures directed towards avoidance, prevention or correction. The causes inherent in the terrain are relatively well understood, hence the possibility of approaching landslide hazard mitigation from an areal zonal point of view. This publication gives the definitions and principles of landslides, and identifies causative conditions and processes (inherent or basic conditions, geology, geomorphology, hydrologic conditions and climate, vegetation, factors that change stress conditions and strength of materials). Investigation planning is described, including preliminary studies, techniques for identifying unstable and potentially unstable areas, e.g., remote sensing and ground studies, and individual factor maps. For the analysis of data, primarily cartographical methods, numerical rating of contributing factors and numerical-cartographical methods are outlined. Mention is made of some governmental and private responses to slope stability hazards. A summary of operational precepts closes the report. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  United Nations

  Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  Paris,   France 
• Authors:
  • Varnes, D J
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 63 p.
• Serial:
  • Natural Hazards
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: United Nations

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Climate; Geology; Geomorphology; Hydrology; Landslides; Mapping; Remote sensing; Slope stability; Vegetation; Zoning
• ITRD Terms: 9003: Cause; 8513: Classification; 132: Forecast; 4053: Geology; 4055: Geomorphology; 4332: Hydrology; 4029: Landslide; 4074: Map; 9048: Modification; 9149: Prevention; 378: Region; 4016: Remote sensing; 9150: Risk; 5722: Site investigation; 5544: Strength (mater); 5575: Stress (in material); 2488: Vegetation
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00466652
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 92-3-101895-7
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1988 12:00AM