Risk
About Landslides
What are my risks?
Mitigation
What can I do
at home?
What can
I do at work?
Local Mitigation
Activities
Preparation
Are you prepared?
Weather Advisories
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What can I do at work?
Although the physical cause of many landslides cannot
be removed, geologic investigations, good engineering practices,
and effective enforcement of land-use management regulations can
reduce landslide hazards.
USGS scientists continue to produce landslide susceptibility
maps for many areas in the United States. USGS and DLNR hydrologists
with expertise in debris and mud flows are studying landslide
hazard.
- If a detailed site analysis is desired, contract with a
private consulting company specializing in earth movement.
Such companies usually specialize in geotechnical engineering,
structural engineering, or civil engineering.
- As a business owner there are currently no landslide insurance
policies available, therefore the only way to mitigate landslide
hazards is to be aware of the land that your current of future
business is on.
- Avoid building or purchasing a business near the base of
slopes, base of minor drainage hollows, base or top of an
old-filled slope, base or top of a steep-cut slope, or a developed
hillsides with leach-field septic systems.
- Business owners can also utilized proper maintenance procedures
that will improve drainage conditions and increase slope stability.
- Plant ground cover on slopes. The roots of plants can help
secure dirt to the slope.
- Support your local government in efforts to develop and
enforce land-use and building ordinances that regulate construction
in areas susceptible to landslides and debris flows. Buildings
should be located away from steep slopes, streams and rivers,
intermittent-stream channels, and the mouths of mountain channels.
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