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Causes and Mitigation of Large Rainfall-triggered Landslides and Debris Flows in Last years in Slovenia

Proceedings article published in 2008 by Matjaz Mikos, Majes Bojan
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Abstract

In Slovenia, a small central Europe country in the S Alps, land sliding is in important erosive factor and limiting factor when planning different land uses. Now and again, large landslides (with a volume around or more than 1 M m3) occur and their mitigation is definitely a state affair. In the last decade, several large landslides were triggered in Slovenia, some of them associated with debris flows. The main triggering factor was prolonged rainfall or short but intense rain showers. The most catastrophic of them was the Stože landslide and the following debris flow, causing 7 casualties in the small alpine village of Log pod Mangartom. This event caused a reorganization at the state level when dealing with natural hazards. A special governmental commission helped by a professional committee was nominated in order to help with their mitigation. This paper summarizes experiences with the mitigation of large landslides in Slovenia gained since the year 2000.