The effects of forests on landslides

Abstract

Especially because of adverse results of stability problems in mountainous regions, in point of their effects on the landslides, the importance of forests and forestry activities as well as their protection function has been increased. Forests and forestry activities such as logging and road construction in terms of landslide related problems have been studied in literature with different aspects. However, it attracts the attention that is needed to a review article which discuss why and how forest and forestry activities affect the landslide occurrence. In this article, studies made in international levels were discussed by analyzing based on the subjects of forest-landslide and forestry-landslide. Keywords: Landslide, Forest, Forestry, Vegetation

Keywords

• Landslide, Forest, Forestry, Vegetation

Ormanların heyelan oluşumu üzerindeki etkileri

Abstract

Özellikle dağlık bölgelerde ortaya çıkan stabilite problemlerinin olumsuz sonuçlarından dolayı, heyelanlar üzerindeki etkileri bakımından ormanların ve ormancılık faaliyetlerinin önemi ormanların koruma fonksiyonu ile birlikte giderek artmaktadır. Ormanlar ve ormancılık faaliyetleri (ağaç kesimi, yol inşası gibi) heyelan kaynaklı stabilite problemleri açısından literatürde çeşitli yönleriyle çalışılmıştır. Ancak orman örtüsünün mevcudiyetinin etkileri ile ormancılık faaliyetlerinin heyelanlar üzerindeki etkilerinin nasıl ve ne yönde olduğuna dair yapılan çalışmaların temel alınarak tartışıldığı bir derleme çalışmaya ihtiyaç olduğu dikkat çekmektedir. Bu makalede bu ihtiyaç göz önüne alınarak orman-heyelan ve ormancılık-heyelan konularında uluslararası düzeyde yapılan çalışmalar incelenerek tartışılmıştır. Anahtar kelimeler: Heyelan, Orman, Ormancılık, Vejetasyon

Keywords

• Heyelan, Orman, Ormancılık, Vejetasyon

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