Week 8: Mass Wasting in Sweden

          What are mass wasting events? Mass wasting events include landslides, mudslides, rockslides, etc. Mass wasting events can be connected to other natural disasters like earthquakes and flooding. Sweden does have some mass wasting. In the last couple of years Sweden has experienced a couple of serious landslides. With heavier precipitation occurring in the country the risk of landslides happening has increased heavily.  Sweden knows this can become a big problem in the future, so they have put efforts in place so when they so occur, they are not as bad as others. 

          Putting measures into place before a landslide occurs can be very beneficial. In past cases in Sweden, when efforts were made before hand, the cleanup cost was significantly less, as well as injuries that were sustained. Sweden's efforts include stabilization of areas at risk and good drainage being put into place where areas may get more rain. 

Below you can see where Sweden is at risk of landslides. 



https://www.climatechangepost.com/sweden/avalanches-and-landslides/

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Landslide-risk-map-of-Sweden-from-SGU-and-modified-from-Malehmir-et-al-2013b-and-the_fig2_262687103

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