Solving the dilemma of transforming landslide hazard maps into effective policy and regulations

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-60

  DeGraff, J V ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARD MANAGEMENT; LANDSLIDE; MAPPING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY REFORM; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84855800276     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-53-2012     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. AEG-Utah: Guidelines for preparing engineering geologic reports in Utah, Utah Geologic and Mineral Survey Miscellaneous Publication M, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1986.
2. Albrecht, D. E.: The State of Utah, Population Brief, Trends in the western U.S., Western Rural Development Center, available at: http://wrdc.usu.edu/files/publications/publication/pub 1960427.pdf, last access: 27 November 2011, 2008.
3. Anderson, L. R., Keaton, J. R., Saarinen, T. F., and Wells II, W. G.: The Utah landslide, debris flows, and floods of May and June 1983, in: Delineation of Landslide, Flash Flood, and Debris Flow Hazards in Utah, edited by: Bowles, D. S., Utah Water Research Laboratory Publication 85/03, Logan, Utah: Utah State University, 3-16, 1985.
4. Bernknopf, R. L., Brookshire, D. S., Soller, D. R., McKee, M. J., Sutter, J. F., Matti, J. C., and Campbell, R. H.: Societal value of geologic maps, US Geological Circular 1111, 53 pp., 1993.
5. Chacon, J., Irigaray, C., and Fernandez, T.: Engineering geology maps: Landslides and geographical information systems, B. Eng. Geol. Environ., 65, 341-411, 2006. (Pubitemid 44741177)
6. Christenson, G. E.: Suggested approach to geologic hazards ordinances in Utah, Utah Geologic and Mineral Survey Circular 79, 16 pp., 1987.
7. Christenson, G. E.: The Wasatch Front County Hazards Geologist program, in: Applications of research from the US Geological Survey Program, Assessment of Regional Earthquake Hazards and risk along the Wasatch Front, Utah, edited by: Gori, P. L., US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1519, 114-120, 1993. (Pubitemid 24428180)
8. Christenson, G. E. and Shaw, L. M.: Geographic information system database showing geologic-hazard special-study areas, Wasatch Front, Utah, Utah Geological Survey Circular 106, 7 pp., 2008.
9. Cornforth, D. H.: Landslides in practice: Investigations, analysis, and remedial/preventative options in soils, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, 596 pp., 2005.
10. DeGraff, J. V.: Using isopleth maps of landslide deposits as a tool in timber sale planning, B. Assoc. Eng. Geol., 22, 445-453, 1985.
11. DeGraff, J. V.: The geomorphology of some debris flows in the southern Sierra Nevada, California, Geomorphology, 10, 231-252, 1994. (Pubitemid 290139)
12. DeGraff, J. V.: The dilemma of transforming landslide hazard maps into effective policy and regulation, Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstr. Programs, 32, 2000.
13. DeGraff, J. V.: Landslide hazards and Federal lands: The United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service experience, in: Landslide Hazards and Planning, edited by: Schwab, J. C., Gori, P. L., and Jeer, S., American Planning Association, Planning Advisory Service Report Number 533/534, 154-164, 2005. (Pubitemid 41554439)
14. DeGraff, J. V., McKean, J., Watanabe, P. E., and McCaffery, W. F.: Landslide activity and groundwater conditions: Insights from a road in the central Sierra Nevada, California, Transport Res. Rec., 965, 32-37, 1984. (Pubitemid 15454423)
15. Dhakal, A. S. and Sidle, R. C.: Long-term modelling of landslides for different forest management practices, Earth. Surf. Process. Land., 28, 853-868, 2003. (Pubitemid 37160225)
16. Elliott, A. H. and Harty, K. M.: Landslide maps of Utah, Utah Geological Survey Map 246DM, 2010.
17. Fleming, R. W. and Schuster, R. L.: Implications of the current wet cycle to landslides in Utah, in: Delineation of Landslide, Flash Flood, and Debris Flow Hazards in Utah, edited by: Bowles, D. S., Utah Water Research Laboratory Publication 85/03, Logan, Utah, Utah State University, 19-28, 1985.
18. Fleming, R. W., Varnes, D. J., and Schuster, R. L.: Landslide hazards and their reduction, Am. Plan. Ass. J., 45, 428-439, 1979.
19. Giraud, R. E.: Guidelines for the geologic evaluation of debris-flow hazards on alluvial fans in Utah, Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication, 05-6, 16 pp., 2005.
20. Gray, D. H. and Megahan W. F.: Forest vegetation removal and slope stability in the Idaho Batholith, USDA Forest Service Research Paper INT-271, 23 pp., 1981.
21. Greenway, D. R.: Vegetation and slope stability, in: Slope Stability, Geotechnical Engineering and Geomorphology, edited by: Anderson M. G. and Richards K. S., Chicester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, 187-230, 1987.
22. Hylland, M. D.: Guidelines for evaluating landslide hazards in Utah, Utah Geological Survey Circular 92, 18 pp., 1996.
23. Jakob, M.: The impact of logging on landslide activity in Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia, Catena, 38, 279-300, 2000.
24. Keaton, J. R. and Lowe, M.: Evaluating debris-flow hazards in Davis Countym Utah: Engineering versus geological approaches, in: A Paradox of Power: Voices of Warning and Reason in the Geosciences, edited by: Welby, C. W. and Gowan, M. E., Geological Society of American Reviews in Engineering Geology 12, 97-121, 1998.
25. Keefer, D. K. and Larsen, M. C.: Assessing landslide hazards, Science, 316, 1136-1138, 2007. (Pubitemid 46877465)
26. Lowe, M.: Weber County geologic-hazard special-study-area maps, Weber County Planning Department, Ogden, Utah, scale 1;24,000, 1988.
27. Mader, G.: A model of effective use of geology in planning, Portola Valley, California, in: Landslide Hazards and Planning, edited by: Schwab, J. C., Gori, P. L., and Jeer, S., American Planning Association, Planning Advisory Service Report Number 533/534, 96-112, 2005 (Pubitemid 41554434)
28. Olshansky, R. B.: Regulation of hillside development in the United States, Environ. Manage., 22, 383-392, 1998. (Pubitemid 28158771)
29. Schwab, J. C., Gori, P. L., and Jeer, S.: Landslide Hazards and Planning, American Planning Association, Planning Advisory Service Report 533/534, 208 pp., 2005.
30. Schuster, R. L. and Kockelman,W. J.: Principles of landslide hazard reduction, in: Landslides Investigation and Mitigation, edited by: Turner, A. K. and Schuster, R. L., Washington, DC, National Academy Press, 91-105, 1996. (Pubitemid 126638103)
31. Sidle, R. C. and Ochiai, H.: Landslides processes, prediction, and land use, Water Resources Monograph 18, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, 312 pp., 2006.
32. Sidle, R. C., Pearce, A. J., and O'Loughlin, C. L.: Hillslope stability and land use. Water Resources Monograph 11, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, 140 pp., 1985.
33. Sierra NF: Final Environmental Impact Statement, Forest Land and Resource Management Plan, Sierra National Forest, Clovis, California, 3-57-3-58, 1991.
34. Sierra NF: Sierra National Forest, available at: http://www.fs.usda. gov/sierra/, last access: 27 November 2011, 2011.
35. Swanson, F. J. and Dyrness, C. T.: Impact of clear-cutting and road building on soil erosion by landslides in the western Cascade Range, Oregon, Geology, 3, 393-396, 1975.
36. US Census Bureau, US Census Bureau: Resident population and apportionment of the US House of Representatives-Utah, available at: http://www. census.gov/dmd/www/resapport/states/utah.pdf, last access: 27 November 2011, 2011.
37. Varnes, D. J.: Landslide hazard zonation: A review of principles and practice, UNESCO, Paris, 1984.
38. Weber County Zoning Ordinance: Chapter 38, Natural Hazards Overlay Districts, http://www.co.weber.ut.us/mediawiki/ index.php/Natural Hazards Overlay Districts, last assesse: 23 July 2011, 2011a.
39. Weber County Zoning Ordinance: Chapter 36b, Natural Hazards Overlay Districts, available at: http://www.co.weber.ut.us/ mediawiki/index.php/Hillside Development Procedures and Standards, last assess: 23 July 2011, 2011b.
40. Wieczorek, G. F., Lips, E. W., and Ellen, S. D.: Debris flows and hyperconcentrated floods along the Wastach Front, Utah, 1983 and 1984, B. Assoc. Eng. Geol., 26, 191-208, 1989.
41. Zeimer, R. R.: Roots and stability of forested slopes, Int. Assoc. Hydrol. Sci. Publ., 132, 343-361, 1981.