A New Threat in CA – Landslides

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From the WashPost: Why landslides are suddenly tearing homes apart in Southern California. Landslides have damaged or destroyed homes atop Palos Verdes’s picturesque bluffs, and threaten hundreds of them.

2 thoughts on “A New Threat in CA – Landslides”

  1. Claire,
    Maybe “new” isn’t quite the right word for this. The Portuguese Bend landslide has been causing problems since 1956. During this time, it has influenced the legal and policy environment around landslides, including the first Geologic Hazard Abatement district. It is amazing in its persistent slow movement. Entire scientific fields have developed during these same 70 years, but we are still struggling to slow down the Portuguese Bend slide.

    Rob

    Robert B. Olshansky, FAICP, Professor Emeritus
    Dept. of Urban & Regional Planning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    1.217.649.4452 (mobile), robo@illinois.edurobo@illinois.edu
    Visiting Professor, Dept of City & Regional Planning, UC Berkeley, robo@berkeley.edu

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