What is it about?
In this paper are treated briefly the geotechnical analysis of hills slopes areas in the heritage town of Berati, Albania. From engineering geological mapping on scale 1:10 000 and geotechnical investigations carried out in urban area of Berati town was found that two zones are threated from landslides phenomenon. The first one is located in center part, whereas the second in northeast part of Berati urban area. Mass movements occurred in the studied area are present in rocks topple, rocks fall and earth slide types. Rock falls and topple occur on steep slopes of fractured lime-stone rock, whereas the earth slides are found on medium-steep slopes that are built from soils and weathered flysch rocks. From mass movements occurrences many buildings and urban roads are demolished, thus endangering human life. In these conditions a detailed engineering geological study was undertaken to determine landslide distributions and recognize the stable and unstable areas. Also, based on these studies suggestions and recommendations are given for urban development and remedial measures.
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Why is it important?
Some parts of Berati urban area are a ected by the mass movements phenomena represented from: toppling, earth slide and rock fall types. It is concluded that mass movements are caused by manmade works, rain and/or seismic activity. Many engineering objects like buildings, urban roads are damaged from rock falls and earth slides phenomena in center, north and northeast of Berati urban area. To protect the Gorica and Castel squares against rock fall, is absolute necessary to apply protective engineering measures. It is recommended the removal of loose rocks from slopes and the usage of rock bolts and steel mesh as protection from future rock falls. Also, it’s necessary to apply engineering measures for protection against of earth slides occurrences, such as deep drains for drying the sliding plane combined with sheet-pile retaining walls.
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This work will help other researches who are working in geotechnics field.
PhD Alban Kuriqi
Universidade de Lisboa
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This page is a summary of: Geotechnical Analysis of Hill’s Slopes Areas in Heritage Town of Berati, Albania, Periodica Polytechnica Civil Engineering, January 2016, Periodica Polytechnica Budapest University of Technology and Economics,
DOI: 10.3311/ppci.7752.
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