Geological & Geotechnical Hazard Avoidance

The field of geological and geotechnical hazard identification and mitigation covers a broad spectrum encompassing many geomorphological hazards; landslides, volcanic activity, slope stability, unstable ground, subsidence, soil and water contamination, tsunamis, earthquakes, floods, coastal erosion.

Often it is the poor who are often the most vulnerable to the risks posed by these hazards. This is an important part of development planning.

Strategies that can be used to manage this risk can encompass hazard mapping, risk assessment, perception versus probability, risk and vulnerability, monitoring, establishment of databases and information sources, prevention and mitigation and emergency planning.