ABSTRACT
The paper is focusing on the currently most active landslide area in Hungary, the valley of river Hernád. It reviews the level of the landslide activity and its fluctuation over time based on detailed landslide and land utilisation mappings as well as the connection of these with the land utilisation in the high bank riverside zones. The cultivation is dependent on several social conditions, which conditions have a homogenous impact on this relatively small area. However the territorial changes of the cultivation and the decline of the quality of gardens is not accidental, but concentrated on certain areas in this high bank zone. The conclusion of the research is that in this section of the Hernád valley the main aim should not be to combat landslides on the most endangered river banks areas. It should be reserved in its natural status by granting protection, to the preserve its unique geomorphologic processes and forms, and could be presented to the public.
