Landslide Causes and Corrective Measures - Case Study of the Sarajevo Canton

摘要

The term "landslide" is well known to the general public and it is associated mainly with negative news of material and human casualties. This is why they are often mentioned in the media when they are already happened. Landslides are defined as the movement of soil or rock masses down the slope. It includes all forms of movement from landsliding, rolling of stones, falling rocks, rotational and translational sliding to the flow of different materials. Movements take place mainly on curved sliding surfaces. Moving of the mass on or along the slope (sliding) can be slow and barely noticeable in time, but it can also be very fast and destructive. The causes of landslides occurrence may be different, but in general, a landslide occurs when the active forces (mainly gravity) exceed the strength of soil materials and rocks that form the slope. Causes include factors that increase the effects of traction forces and factors that contribute to the weak or reduced strength of the slope material. Recently, mostly caused by extreme precipitation in a relatively short time, the numerous landslides in BiH have been activated. This paper presents the status and realization of landslide rehabilitation projects in Sarajevo Canton (SC).