《Landslide disaster prevention and mitigation through works in Hong Kong》.pdfVIP

Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering 5 (2013) 354–365 Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering j o u r na l h o me p ag e: w w w. rockge o tec Landslide disaster prevention and mitigation through works in Hong Kong K.Y. Choi ∗ , Raymond W.M. Cheung Geotechnical Engineering Office, Civil Engineering and Development Department, The Government of the Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong, China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Hong Kong has a high concentration of developments on hilly terrain in close proximity to man-made Received 9 January 2013 slopes and natural hillsides. Because of the high seasonal rainfall, these man-made slopes and natural Received in revised form 8 July 2013 hillsides would pose a risk to the public as manifested by a death toll of 470 people due to landslides since Accepted 18 July 2013 the late 1940s. In 1977, the Government of the Hong Kong SAR embarked on a systematic programme, known as the Landslip Preventive Measure (LPM) Programme, to retrofit substandard man-made slopes. Keywords: From 1977 to 2010, about 4500 substandard government man-made slopes have been upgraded through Landslide engineering works. During the period, the Programme had evolved progressively in response to Gov- Landslide prevention ernment’s in