ABSTRACT
In recent years, landslide disasters have sparked worldwide attention. Globally, disasters have resulted in countless substantial morbidity and mortality of human life and billions of dollars in economic losses. Under all climatic conditions and terrains, landslides occur throughout the world, causing billions in monetary losses and thousands of deaths and injuries every year. They often cause long-term economic loss, population displacement, and environmental damage. Himachal Pradesh, India, faces a high-level risk from landslides. Rapid, unplanned development is resulting in a congested urban environment with seismically sensitive landslide-prone zones. To resolve the interconnected and dynamic danger posed by Kasol’s developing built environment, we have tried to identify landscape- based proposals for mitigation and risk resilience in landslides hit areas via understanding physiographic layers and anthropogenic activities and analyzing them to prepare action plan; while inferring on strategies that can be used from case studies and research papers on the same. Five zones of susceptibility have been identified, which can be used to inform policy and land use planning decisions as well as strategic and development control levels. The strategies devised from the case studies and other varied research papers help us in resolving the design mitigation intervention area.
Research question related to this paper: What role does landscape design play in risk resilience and the development of innovative and strategic action plans for landslide-prone areas in mountainous terrain?
