General Public Quiz

Introduction

This module is directed towards members of the general public of Australia, with particular relevance to those interested in the potential impact of landslide events upon themselves, or upon their property.

This module is particularly to provide a broad introduction to the philosophy and concepts embedded within the broad topic of risk management as it applies to landslides within Australia.

This module is applicable to you if you:

Are involved with a building development within a local government area that is prone to landslide events (of one form or another) and are required to have a landslide risk assessment conducted prior to gaining building approval; or
Are adjacent to (beside, above or below) a proposed development which requires a landslide risk assessment prior to its approval, and you are therefore an interested party; or
You are aware of landslide hazards within public property; or
You are interested in the topic in general terms;

The format of this module is a series of questions to step you through the concepts involved in Landslide Risk management (LRM) and to familiarise you with the terminology and jargon that you may encounter.

Instructions

Multiple choice answers are provided. If you are not sure which answer may be correct, then click HINT next and further information will be provided to assist you. You can test your understanding by selecting an answer to see if you are correct or learn why your choice was not. If you chose the correct answer, you can either read the detailed answer or skip to the next question. Each detailed answer provides further links to more resources, such as video explanations, presentations or PDF extracts from guidelines that have been developed by the Australian Geomechanics Society. Further topics are discussed by FAQ pages which pose a series of questions and then give further explanations.

AGS 2007 LRM Guidelines Australian Geoguide

At any time during this module, feel free to launch the guideline PDF’s to research your answers, or simply to give yourself a refresher on Landslide Risk Management.

LRM Guidelines

Question 9 of 10

9. What are my responsibilities as an owner and/or occupier?

nothing more once the assessment has been reported and accepted by the regulators to approve my development application.
ensure my builder reports variation of conditions from those assumed, should they be encountered, for the assessment to the geotechnical practitioner who conducted the Landslide Risk Assessment for determination of impact.
on-going maintenance as nominated in the Landslide Risk Management report.
Both B and C above

Everything in our lives requires maintenance, from personal relationships to your lawn mower, don’t they?

9. What are my responsibilities as an owner and/or occupier?

Report sub-surface variations and perform maintenance as nominated.

This is not a trick question, as both #2 and #3 are important. If you answered either of these, do not forget the other.

These requirements are self-evident, it would be hoped.

It is likely that your local government body will require verification of intervention measures as part of the sign-off for the project, so you should ensure that the geotechnical practitioner who conducted your assessment is involved during the construction phase to permit verification to be acknowledged readily.