Landslides

The term landslide or less frequently, landslip, refers to several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, deep-seated slope failures, mudflows, and debris flows. However, influential narrower definitions restrict landslides to slumps and translational slides in rock and regolith, not involving fluidisation. This excludes falls, topples, lateral spreads, and mass flows from the definition.Landslides occur in a variety of environments, characterized by either steep or gentle slope gradients, from mountain ranges to coastal cliffs or even underwater, in which case they are called submarine landslides. Gravity is the primary driving force …

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IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 4 November 2024 English

Nyabarongo River catchment through gender-responsive nature-based solutions, reducing flash floods, landslides, and erosion risks to enhance the resilience of 975,000 residents.

nature-based solutions, reducing flash floods, landslides, and erosion risks to enhance the resilience example. We cannot ignore the pressing threats of landslides and flooding that affect thousands of households


EAC: Centre d'action écologique · 28 October 2024 English

If you follow the winding footpath past the paved asphalt the day exploring the woods, learning to identify various trees and edge of the business park, you’ll enter a realm …

these ecosystems reduce the risk of flash floods, landslides and erosion in the neighbourhoods surrounding


EAC: Centre d'action écologique · 25 October 2024 English

The predicted increased risks to our coastal communities content to balance our desire to be on the coast with the threat of due to climate change will come at cost …

the first time. Poised there above the floods, landslides and erosion in the neighbourhoods surrounding


BC Forest Practices Board · 8 October 2024 English

Complaint about forest practices in the Kettle River Watershed.

and hazards related to extreme flood events, landslides and drought. In recent years, and after the forest


PICES: North Pacific Marine Science Organization · 22 September 2024 English

All names, views and claims expressed in this report are solely those of the authors and do not represent those of the PICES Organization, nor those of their affiliated organizations, …

and extreme events of mass movement protected landslides and regulation prevention (Biotic) biological


Fraser Institute · 23 August 2024 English

Hydraulic fracturing, a technique used in oil and gas production, has faced strong opposition from environmental groups in the several decades since the practice came into widespread use. Opponents of …

Ground cracked noticeably. Wholesale destruction. Landslides. Most masonry and frame structures and their foundations destroyed. Ground badly cracked. Landslides. Wholesale destruction. Total damage. Few, if


BC Forest Practices Board · 30 July 2024 English

Audit results of forestry planninng and operations of BCTS Boundary TSA portion of the Kootenay Business Area.

realize that road inspections alone do not prevent landslides or other negative impacts on forest resources


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 18 July 2024 English

In this integrated cost-benefit analysis, the Nature-Based Infrastructure (NBI) Global Resource Centre demonstrates the potential of ecosystem-based adaptation to stabilize hydrology and ensure a reliable water and energy supply in …

(NBI) to improve climate-related flooding and landslides in Kasese, Uganda, through the Bring BackFollow


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 18 July 2024 English

The Scaling Urban Nature-based Solutions for Climate Adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SUNCASA) project aims to enhance climate resilience, gender equality and social inclusion, and biodiversity protection in urban communities in …

to risks like climate change-induced flooding, landslides, extreme heat, and biodiversity loss. In collaboration pressing climate hazards, notably flooding and landslides, exacerbated by the country's rugged topography by steep slopes, with many homes exposed to landslides and flooding risks. In collaboration with local


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 8 July 2024

demonstrates the potential of nature-based infrastructure (NBI) to improve climate-related flooding and landslides in Kasese, Uganda, through the Bring Back Our Trees reforestation project.


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