Landslide risk management: A brief overview and example from Sweden of current situation and climate change

Landslide risk management : A brief overview and example from Sweden of current situation and climate change

Landslide risk is a function of the probability of the event and its consequences. Previous research has shown that preventive measures to reduce the risk are preferred over reactive measures but, especially in developing countries, rarely undertaken. A contributing factor is the lack of evidence that preventive measures pay. This study includes a brief overview of landslide risk management in general and an investigation of the present risk management situation in Sweden based on interviews in 11 municipalities complemented with interviews in Norway. The result shows that climate change has become part of the general awareness and started to be taken into account in the municipal spatial planning. Landslide susceptibility maps and databases are useful tools in the complex spatial planning. The results indicate that the application of landslide susceptibility and risk maps as previously applied for preventive measures and spatial planning in the landslide prone area Gota alv river valley have been cost effective. Improved documentation and more active communication among different stakeholders would, however, contribute to more effective landslide management.

Bergman, RamonaSGI (author)
Johansson, Magnus,1970-Karlstads universitet,Fakulteten för samhälls- och livsvetenskaper,Centrum för klimat och säkerhet(Swepub:kau)magnjoha (author)
Persson, Erik,1985-Karlstads universitet,Fakulteten för hälsa, natur- och teknikvetenskap (from 2013),Centrum för klimat och säkerhet(Swepub:kau)erpersso (author)
Nyberg, Lars,1962-Karlstads universitet,Centrum för klimat och säkerhet(Swepub:kau)larsnybe (author)
SGIFakulteten för samhälls- och livsvetenskaper (creator_code:org_t)

In:International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction: Elsevier3:March, s. 44-612212-4209

By the author/editor: Andersson-Sköld, ...; Bergman, Ramona; Johansson, Magnu ...; Persson, Erik, 1 ...; Nyberg, Lars, 19 ...

About the subject

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES: AGRICULTURAL SCI ...; and Agriculture Fore ...; and Landscape Archit ...

NATURAL SCIENCES: NATURAL SCIENCES; and Earth and Relate ...; and Environmental Sc ...

By the university: VTI - The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute; Karlstad University

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