ABSTRACT
Taking slopes in cities of Hong Kong, Chongqing and Yan’an as typical cases, the paper studied the basic destabilization models of slopes in north edge of the tropics, middle subtropics and northern temperate zone, which distribute from south to north in China. Based on the case studies, the genetic mechanism of destabilization of slopes in China was discussed. The work is useful in selecting plans of treating landslide, collapse and unstable rock mass in urban slope zones of climate-different regions. The main contents of the paper are the following.
1. Distribution unbalance of the cities in China and regional principle of urban slope destabilization. 2. Typical characteristics and basic destabilization models of the urban slopes in the three cities of Hong Kong, Chongqing and Yan’an. 3. Genetic mechanism study on destabilization of the urban slopes in China.
