Abstract
Landslides are the one of the most common hazard in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Despite this fact, urban area of Doboj City did not threatened frequently in the past from landsliding. In the mid of May 2014, heavy rainfall between 250 and 300 mm triggered flood and activated numerous landslides in the area of Doboj City. In the frame of EU recovery program the Study of flood and landslide risk assessment for urban area of Doboj was conducted. The landslide inventory, landslide susceptibility and relative risk assessment for housing sector were done as a support for local communities for better preparedness in the future. The landslide susceptibility map for urban area of Doboj City in scale 1:5000 has provided useful information for Master Plan and related urban planning documents. Several non-structural and structural measures were proposed as a result of situation analysis and recovery needs. In this paper post landslides disaster and relief activities in the area of Doboj City, Bosnia and Herzegovina are presented.
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The authors are grateful to the donors and UNDP Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the coordination and activities related to Project Detailed Flood and Landslide Risk Assessment for the Urban Areas of Tuzla and Doboj.
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Sandić, C., Abolmasov, B., Marjanović, M., Begović, P., Jolović, B. (2017). Landslide Disaster and Relief Activities: A Case Study of Urban Area of Doboj City. In: Mikoš, M., Arbanas, Ž., Yin, Y., Sassa, K. (eds) Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides. WLF 2017. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53487-9_45
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