Geography

Cause of the Thredbo Landslide

Cause of the Thredbo Landslide

Basic objective of this lecture is to present on Cause of the Thredbo Landslide. main Cause of Thredbo Landslide is faulty Alpine Way; Alpine Way: Main road to ski fields; Was first built for temporary purpose; Was intended to be used no more than 20 years; But used for 50 years at time of incident and Overlooking duty failed. Human negligence of maintenance and constant assessment of Alpine Way: No one understood why Alpine Way existed for so long and No one ever challenged safety issue of Alpine Way.