TITLE:
Geological Hazards Occurred on the Road Connecting Vashlijvari-Lisi (M. Machavariani Street) in Tbilisi
AUTHORS:
Merab Gaprindashvili
KEYWORDS:
Landslide, Geology, Tbilisi, Geological Hazard, Disaster, Georgia
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection,
Vol.9 No.11,
November
10,
2021
ABSTRACT: The capital of Georgia—Tbilisi has a very
convenient location and is a node of the transit corridor. Along with
natural-geological conditions, its complexity is due to the rapid demographic
growth of the city in a highly “sensitive” area of the geological environment
and the pressure of high engineering and agricultural activities. In Tbilisi, it is observed almost all
types of
geological hazards, including landslide-gravitational, suffosion, debris/mudflows,
river bank erosion and inundation were caused by groundwater. These hazards cause high damages to the residential houses and other
infrastructure facilities. Most importantly and most tragically is that these
kind of negative geological events are often accompanied by human casualties.
The study discusses the geological processes developed in March 2021 in the
corridor of the Vashlijvari-Lisi road
(Machavariani Street). The information obtained from the study, reflects
the triggering factors of the geological hazards, also damages caused by them,
and provides recommendations for short-term and long-term protective measures
that should ensure the sustainable operation of the road and other infrastructure
facilities.