Shaping Sustainable Urban Environments by Addressing the Hydro-Meteorological Factors in Landslide Occurrence: Ciuperca Hill (Oradea, Romania)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Urban Areas and Sustainability
1.2. Landslides, the Shaping “Actors” of Urban Areas
2. Study Area
2.1. Geological Substrate
2.2. Climate Properties
2.3. The Ciuperca Hill, between Culture and Sustainability
2.4. The Landslide of the Ciuperca Hill in Oradea
3. Data Collection and Processing
3.1. Cartographic Material
3.2. Remote-Sensing Observations
3.3. Meteorological Variables
3.4. Technical Documentation
4. Results and Discussion
5. Management Implications and Mitigation Measures
- Strengthening restaurant and tourist information point buildings. This involves two categories of work:
- Groundwater drainage—three drains (depth ditches with a width of approximately one meter) are to be constructed along the hill, so that the bottom of the drains is at the boundary between the stable land and the land susceptible to sliding;
- Surface drainage—drains are required on the support walls and on the access roads area that collect the water and transport it downstream for discharge into the emissary.
- Stabilization of the slope—at the bottom of the area, drilling of pilots will be accomplished, constituting a support area.
- Rehabilitation works: architectural (architectural works on the restaurant, landscape observation point, alleys, visiting paths, amphitheater etc.), structural (for stabilizing, structurally constructed), landscaping (planning with tree planting, shrubs etc.) occur in 2019–2020 within the framework of the project “Redevelopment of the Public Garden Ciuperca Hill (2,600,000 RON)” [89,90].
6. Concluding Remarks
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Morar, C.; Lukić, T.; Basarin, B.; Valjarević, A.; Vujičić, M.; Niemets, L.; Telebienieva, I.; Boros, L.; Nagy, G. Shaping Sustainable Urban Environments by Addressing the Hydro-Meteorological Factors in Landslide Occurrence: Ciuperca Hill (Oradea, Romania). Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 5022. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18095022
Morar C, Lukić T, Basarin B, Valjarević A, Vujičić M, Niemets L, Telebienieva I, Boros L, Nagy G. Shaping Sustainable Urban Environments by Addressing the Hydro-Meteorological Factors in Landslide Occurrence: Ciuperca Hill (Oradea, Romania). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(9):5022. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18095022
Chicago/Turabian StyleMorar, Cezar, Tin Lukić, Biljana Basarin, Aleksandar Valjarević, Miroslav Vujičić, Lyudmila Niemets, Ievgeniia Telebienieva, Lajos Boros, and Gyula Nagy. 2021. "Shaping Sustainable Urban Environments by Addressing the Hydro-Meteorological Factors in Landslide Occurrence: Ciuperca Hill (Oradea, Romania)" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 9: 5022. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18095022