Open AccessENGINEERING-GEOLOGICAL MAPS OF GEOLOGICAL FACTORS OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN SLOVAKIA
Author(s) -
F. Baliak,
Martin Brček
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
studia geotechnica et mechanica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2083-831X
pISSN - 0137-6365
DOI - 10.2478/sgem-2013-0002
Subject(s) - landslide , natural (archaeology) , harm , natural disaster , environmental resource management , civil engineering , earth science , geologic hazards , environmental planning , mining engineering , geology , geography , forensic engineering , engineering , environmental science , geotechnical engineering , archaeology , meteorology , political science , law
In recent years, we have witnessed very frequent natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, landslides, storms and similar. In most cases, disasters are caused by geological factors, especially geobarriers. Geobarriers threaten the life and works of man or reduce the effectiveness of the construction and operation of technical works, or harm the environment by negative anthropogenic influences. An important task in assessing the technical and environmental aspects of particular engineering activity is to assess the impact of constructions on the production and protection of the environment. The important part of the environment is the geological environment. In this paper, we give an overview of geological factors of the environment and the way how they are illustrated in the engineering-geological maps made in Slovakia.