Regulators Quiz

Introduction

This module of the website is aimed at the Regulator who have the responsibility for setting risk criteria, administering planning controls and approving development proposals under the requirements of specific planning controls or a policy.

The format of the module is for a series of Questions relating to the understanding required by the Regulator in respect to a number of aspects relating to the implementation of a landslide-zoning scheme, policy requirements and the approvals process.

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 6 of 10

6. Where do I find information on the recommended types and levels of zoning and map scales?

There is none
It varies from state to state
The recommended information is contained in the Australian Geomechanics Society Guidelines
Many examples exist from around the world which are all equally relevant to Australia.

Whilst no specific Australian standard exists for landslide zoning, industry “state of practice” guidelines have been prepared in Australia over the past decade.

6. Where do I find information on the recommended types and levels of zoning and map scales?

Table 1 shows the recommended types of zoning, zoning levels and mapping scales that depend on the purpose of the zoning. The table is applicable to land use planning for urban development. The table is broadly applicable to other uses such as managing landslide hazard and risks for new and existing roads and railways.

It will usually be appropriate to carry out landslide susceptibility zoning as a first stage in the development of landslide hazard or risk zoning for planning purposes. Staging will allow better control of the process and may reduce the costs of the zoning by limiting the more detailed zoning only to areas where it is necessary.

It should be noted that it will seldom be necessary to carry out landslide zoning at an advanced level because the costs will potentially be so much larger than the costs for intermediate level zoning and this will potentially outweigh the benefits.

The levels of zoning and descriptors of susceptibility, hazard and risk are given in the following sections. It is recommended that these descriptors be used by all involved in landslide risk management.

AGS 2007a (page 19)

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