Abstract
With its rich lithological variation, upland, lowland and coastal settings, and past climatic changes, the UK presents a wide variety of landslide features that can pose significant hazards to people, construction and infrastructure, or simply add to landscape character and conservation value of an area. This chapter describes and defines the nature and extent of this landsliding; the causes, effects and geological controls on failure; and their mitigation and stabilization. A risk-based approach to landslide management is outlined with qualitative and semi-quantitative methodologies described. Numerous case studies are presented exemplifying landslide and slope stability hazards in the UK.
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- Article
- Abstract
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Landslide types
- 4.3 The landslide inventory for Great Britain
- 4.4 The Irish landslide inventory
- 4.5 The landslide environment of the UK
- 4.6 Causes of landslides
- 4.7 Phases of landslide activity
- 4.8 Landslide risk
- 4.9 Landslide hazard
- 4.10 Landslide risk management
- 4.11 The role of government in landslide management
- 4.12 In practice: acceptable or tolerable risks?
- 4.13 Concluding remarks
- Acknowledgments
- Funding
- Footnotes
- References
- Figures & Data
- Info & Metrics