Blog - Week 8
Poland - Mass Wasting
What is Mass Wasting + Landslides?
According to the textbook Mass Wasting is a "comprehensive term for any type of downslope movement of earth materials". However they identify in a restrictive sense, mass wasting is considered to me 'rapid downslope movement' (typically in a rock form) that happens in masses. Essentially, what is being referred to when discussing mass wasting are landslides.
This picture I will be referring to in order to identify the hazards and prevention measures Poland utilizes.
As shown above there are several areas in Poland that have a very low susceptibility to landslides where there are a few that are ranging between, low, medium, and high; all due to precipitation. Hazards such as earthquakes can initiate localized landslides while 'rainfall patterns, terrain slope, geology, soil, land cover' all support landslides across the region. These hazards promote prevention measures towards potential project in Poland such as construction. As the area varies construction measures alter in order to meet the susceptibility rates of landslides. Due to flooding being a primary natural disaster in Poland, landslides can occur frequently in some area thus, leading to the push 'for an improved system of landslide data acquisition and hazard awareness'. Measures of prevention are primarily focused on structural development. The Landslide Counteracting System (LCS) focuses on providing a streamlined understanding of stable and function infrastructure for potential landslide conditions. As landslides can be costly they reduce spending by having municipal authorities utilize previously experienced landslide threats to create policies that improve restrictions on construction. Poland also uses landslide monitoring techniques in order to alert the public when a landslide has been destructive or has the means of potentially being destructive.
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