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Landslides associated with recent road constructions in the Rio Lucma catchment, eastern Cordillera Blanca, Peru

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    SYSNO ASEP0566880
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitleLandslides associated with recent road constructions in the Rio Lucma catchment, eastern Cordillera Blanca, Peru
    Author(s) Emmer, Adam (UEK-B) ORCID, RID, SAI
    Hoelbling, D. (AT)
    Abad, L. (AT)
    Štěpánek, Petr (UEK-B) RID, SAI, ORCID
    Zahradníček, Pavel (UEK-B) RID, SAI
    Emmerova, I. (CZ)
    Article numbere20211352
    Source TitleAnais Da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias - ISSN 0001-3765
    Roč. 94, č. 3 (2022)
    Number of pages16 s.
    Languageeng - English
    CountryBR - Brazil
    KeywordsCordillera Blanca ; natural hazards ; landslides ; road construction ; remote sensing ; object-based image analysis (OBIA)
    Subject RIVEH - Ecology, Behaviour
    OECD categoryEcology
    R&D Projects8J18AT032 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
    Method of publishingOpen access
    Institutional supportUEK-B - RVO:86652079
    UT WOS000899436000012
    EID SCOPUS85142837559
    DOI10.1590/0001-3765202220211352
    AnnotationExtensive road construction works recently took place in the remote eastern part of the Peruvian Cordillera Blanca, aiming at a better connection of isolated mountain communities with regional administrative centres. Here we document and characterize landslides associated with these road construction efforts in the Rio Lucma catchment, Peru. We show that a total area of 321,332 m(2) has been affected by landslides along the 47.1 km of roads constructed between 2015 and 2018. While landslides downslope the roads (48.2%) and complex landslides crossing the roads (46.4%) were the most frequent landslide types in relation to the position of the road, slide-type movement (60.7%) prevails over the flow-type movement (39.3%). Timewise, we found that 75.0% of landslides were observed simultaneously with road construction work, while the remaining 25.0% occurred up to seven months after the roads had been constructed. We plotted the lagged occurrence of these subsequent landslides against precipitation data, showing that 85.7% of them were observed during the wet season (November to April). We conclude that the majority of mapped landslides were directly associated with road constructions and that the road constructions also may set preconditions for landslides, which mainly occurred during the subsequent wet season.
    WorkplaceGlobal Change Research Institute
    ContactNikola Šviková, svikova.n@czechglobe.cz, Tel.: 511 192 268
    Year of Publishing2023
    Electronic addresshttps://www.scielo.br/j/aabc/a/GQcgLthHZJypZ9ZvVDGvQDj/?lang=en
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