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(PDF) Environmental Impact of Landslides

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(PDF) Environmental Impact of Landslides

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Table of ContentsWORKING TITLE..........................................................................................................................3INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3AIM..................................................................................................................................................3OBJECTIVES..................................................................................................................................3LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................3RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.....................................................................................................5ANALYTICAL APPROACH.........................................................................................................7REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
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WORKING TITLEHow has the mudslide in Freetown Sierra Leone affected the construction in the city? INTRODUCTIONOn 14th August 2017, in Sierra a mud flow event occurred around and in the main capitalcity of Freetown in Sierra Leone due to continuous heavy torrentialrainfall for 3 days. Heavymudslide destroyed hundreds of buildings, damaged thousands of buildings, killed more than1000 people and making more than 3000 people homeless. Large area of the western SierraLeone was affected. This event took place on the outskirts of the Freetown approximately 16 Kmfrom the capital. This event affected the construction in the city in many ways as most of thebuilding near the mudslide area were either destroyed or damaged as well as many underconstruction buildings were also destroyed. This mudslide also affected the quality of the landwere construction was to be done. So, there was a need of construction in the city in many waysas many buildings in or around the mudslide area were either destroyed or damaged, roads orbridges connecting different cities together were also either moderately or severely damaged.Many under-develop areas near the disaster area were also affected drastically and faced lots ofdifficulties in construction.AIMTo analyse the effect of mudslide on construction of city: A case study on FreetownSierra Leone.OBJECTIVESTo identify event of mudslide 2017 in Freetown Sierra Leone To analyse the cause of mudslide on Freetown To investigate the impact of mudslide on FreetownTo examine the impact of mudslide on construction of FreetownTo analyse the after effects of mudslide in Freetown of Sierra LeoneLITERATURE REVIEWAccording to the view of Eromo Egbejule (2019), This event of mudslide affected thecapital city of Freetown in Sierra Leone drastically. Due to heavy torrentialrainfall thatoccurred for 3 continuous days made the hillside collapse which as a result caused mudslide onthe outskirts of capital city of Freetown in Sierra Leone. This mudslide and heavy rainfall flood
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