Review article
https://doi.org/10.21861/hgg.2011.73.02.01
Applied Landslide Geomorphology – some Examples from Slovenia
Matija Zorn
orcid.org/0000-0002-5788-018X
; Anton Melik Geographical Institute, Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Blaž Komac
orcid.org/0000-0003-4205-5790
; Anton Melik Geographical Institute, Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Abstract
This article deals with landslide geomorphology, which should be placed alongside fluvial, tectonic, karst, coast, or slope geomorphology. Slovenia is used as an example to present landslide susceptibility mapping and the relative landslide rate, which was used to quantify the relative role of landslides in recent relief development in comparison to other fluvio-denudational or erosion processes. Landslides are a geographical constant in certain areas, and in the past some researchers have also used expressions such as landslideprone region for certain regions of Slovenia. The last section deals with geographers’ role in landslide hazard research, which consists of several activities, although map-making remains the fundamental skill applied by geomorphologists. Methods of landslide hazard assessment are also discussed.
Keywords
landslides; geomorphic processes; spatial planning; Slovenia
Hrčak ID:
79086
URI
Publication date:
1.3.2012.
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