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The impacts of landslides on global society: planning for change

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posted on 2023-06-09, 04:22 authored by Roger Moore, Robin McInnes
The widely held view amongst professionals is that ground instability and landslide risks are likely to increase as a result of climate change (e.g. rainfall intensity, rainfall total, increased seasonality) as well as a result of population growth and human activity. It will become harder to find solutions that are tech-nically achievable, sustainable and affordable. As populations grow and infrastructure becomes more concen-trated the impacts of ground instability and landslides on economies and populations will be magnified. Alt-hough more fatalities occur in less developed, mountainous countries that experience high rainfall, fatalities and major infrastructure damage are likely to increase across Europe, the USA and Hong Kong, amongst oth-er developed countries. A better understanding of the risks and use of knowledge to inform the planning pro-cess, together with better public information and engagement approaches by regional and local government will help to reduce the increasing human and economic costs associated with ground instability and land-slides. The paper presents a global perspective of the nature, scale and impact of landslides on global society in the context of climate change. It also looks at the role of the United Nations supporting landslide risk re-duction and planning for change in landslide-prone areas.

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Journal

Landslides and engineered slopes: experience, theory and practice. Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Landslides, Napoli, Italy, 12-19 June 2016

Publisher

CRC Press

Volume

3

Page range

1461-1468

Event name

The 12th International Symposium on Landslides

Event location

Napoli, Italy

Event type

conference

Event date

12-19 June 2016

Book title

Landslides and engineered slopes : experience, theory and practice : proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Landslides, Napoli, Italy, 12-19 June 2016

ISBN

9781138029910

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  • Geography Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Editors

Stefano Aversa, Leonardo Cascini, Claudio Scavia, Luciano Picarelli

Legacy Posted Date

2016-12-08

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2017-03-09

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