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Assessment of Proposed Partnerships to Implement a National Landslide Hazards Mitigation Strategy Interim Report (2002) / Chapter Skim
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Commentary on Characteristics and Implementation of a National Landslide Hazards Mitigation Strategy
Pages 7-10

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... More specifically, the establishment of priorities should take existing knowledge and the potential for cost-effective results into consideration. A matrix illustrating some of the major activities that would be embraced in an effective national strategy to address the diversity of landslide hazard problems is shown below, evaluating five typical landslide types against five activities that could be applied to address landslide problems: · Adequate understanding of landslide triggering and landslide movement mechanisms are a fundamental requirement for other activities, and improvement of the science base is an essential first step to fill gaps in the current understanding.
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From page 8...
... At the Risk Assessment Shaded boxes indicate activities with Debris Flow Investment in basic research to improve understanding of debris flow initiation and movement has a high payoff potential, and should precede additional efforts in technology integration and transfer. The basic scientific advances will also contribute to improved mapping, which is a priority requirement.
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From page 9...
... As above, improved mitigation methods and the establishment of appropriate risk assessment techniques are needed. Soft Clay Slides Geotechnical engineers have devoted substantial effort to understanding the mechanics of soft clays, and as a consequence the initiation and movement of landslides in these deposits are the best understood of all landslide types.
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From page 10...
... The strategy must therefore include the information, tools, and training that will help ensure enlightened local decisions that adequately reflect the desires of relevant stakeholders In many instances, informed local decisions can only be made when state levels of government encourage and require local actions that seek to reduce landslide risk. Responses to landslide and other hazards are usually conditioned by the financial implications of decisions.
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Key Terms

  • landslide hazard
  • national landslide
  • appropriate risk
  • bedrock slides
  • national strategy

  • mitigation methods
  • hazards mitigation
  • improved mitigation
  • payoff potential
  • assessment techniques

  • technology integration
  • landslide risk
  • local decisions
  • addressing landslide
  • debris flow

  • reduce landslide
  • mitigation strategy
  • hazard mitigation
  • rock falls
  • landslide types

  • precede additional
  • prioritizing landslide
  • establish formalized
  • science base
  • mountainous regions

  • risk analysis
  • selected local
  • ineffective regulatory
  • landslide movement
  • major activities


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