Dynamics of the Development of Natural Gravitational Processes (Landslides) In the Medium-Mountain Regions of Georgia: The Case of Imereti (2010–2022)

Georgia, along with one of its most densely populated regions, Imereti, is considered one of the most challenging areas in terms of the scale of natural disasters, their temporal recurrence, and the damage they cause.
Out of a total of 544 settlements in 11 municipalities of the Imereti region, 73 are located in the high-risk zone of landslide processes, 151 in the medium-risk zone, 152 in the low-risk zone, and 168 settlements belong to the non-hazardous zone; In the study region, there was an extreme activation of landslides in those years when the quantitative indicator of atmospheric precipitation significantly exceeded the multi-year average, especially in the amount and frequency of precipitation.
It is necessary to conduct geomonitoring in all settlements of the study region in the future, regardless of the hazard risk; it is desirable that in the near future (2-3 years) all settlements and the land plots and infrastructure within their area be assessed, on the basis of which appropriate specialized maps should be created for individual municipalities and communities according to hazard risk;

landslides, gravitational processes, landslides and average long-term precipitation

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