A Strategy for Slope Hazard Assessment in Road Planning and Maintenance

Development agencies are funding the construction of an increasing number of roads in mountainous regions as access to outlying districts moves up the development agenda. Infrastructure is important as a first step towards sustainable development and these regions, despite their inhospitable terrain, are often home to large populations of subsistence farming communities. The regions are therefore very important socially and economically, while requiring sympathetic development because of the fragile nature of their environment.