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Devastation of the environment by landslides activated by construction

Dégradation de l'environnement par la réactivation de glissements sous l'influence de constructions

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Summary

The landscape environment is presently formed by the system in which there are natural, as well as anthropogeneous components. There is natural direct and inverse relation between them. The possibility and method of construction of a technical work depends on specific natural conditions. Of decisive influence are mainly the rock relief, groundwater and geodynamic processes, which Matula (1976) terms the main components of the engineering geological environment.

The natural conditions of the West Carpathians are suitable for the occurrence and development of slope movements. More than 3% of the total Slovakian area is covered by landslides and by other slope movements of a varied degree of activity.

Based on actual examples of an incorrect procedure in erecting some of the ground, hydrotechnical and transport constructions the paper analyzes the causes of landslide reactivation and devastation of the environment. To avoid negative changes in the geological environment engineering geological documents are prepared for more important investment units, comprising predictions of changes induced by construction.

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Le paysage est le résultante de composants naturels, ainsi que d'influences anthropiques. Il y a un rapport mutuel direct et inverse entre ees facteurs. La possibilité de construire un ouvrage et les méthodes employées dépendent des conditions naturelles spécifiques. Les facteurs principaux sont la morphologie du site, l'eau souterraine et les phénomènes géodynamiques, que Matula M. (1976) appelle les composants principaux de l'environnement de la géologie de l'ingénieur.

Les conditions naturelles des Carpates Occidentales se prêtent à l'apparition et au développement de mouvements de versants. Plus de 3% de la superficie totale de la Slovaquie sont concernés par des glissements et autres mouvements de versants d'une intensité variable.

A partir d'exemples concrets de mauvaises réalisations de travaux souterrains, de barrages et d'infrastructures de transport, l'article analyse les causes de la réactivation des glissements et de la dégradation de l'environnement.

Pour éviter ces influences négatives sur l'environnement géologique, on prépare des documents géologiques et géotechniques pour des travaux plus importants et qui incluent la prévision des changements provoqués par les constructions.

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  1. Department of Geotechnics, Slovak Technical University, Radlinského 11, 81368, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

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Mahr, T., Malgot, J. Devastation of the environment by landslides activated by construction. Bulletin of the International Association of Engineering Geology 31, 81–88 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02594750

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