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  1. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    Roads cutting through mountain ranges and waterfalls
    Do they cause landslides and reactivate old ones?

    Temporary fix for Waterfall Way at Gordonville slip site
    "Waterfall Way has reopened between Bellingen and Dorrigo after temporary repairs to the Gordonville slip site. The temporary fix consists of a gravel filled shipping container wall, two containers high and eight containers long, attached to the rockface using nine high-strength steel anchors drilled deep into the rockface." >>
    insidelocalgovernment.com.au/t

    Video of landslide: Waterfall Way, Gordonville Crossing Landslip >>
    youtube.com/watch?v=ZGymAVc1u8g

    Do roads mean landslides are more likely? >>
    blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2015/01/16

    Could road constructions be more hazardous than an earthquake in terms of mass movement?

    "In this study, we report a distinct correlation of mass movements and major road constructions that explicitly shows human impact on mountainous environments which are under anthropogenic disturbance recently. Our results further suggest that slope instabilities increased drastically after major service road constructions for hydroelectric power plants and as well as other road extension works."

    "We also stress that the impact of road construction can disturb the natural slope equilibrium to an extent comparable with moderate (larger than 6 Mw) earthquakes."

    "Such an observation implies that human activities can have a large, if not even dominant, impact on landscape evolution and the natural regime of surface processes. This is part of the definition of “Anthropocene,” an age where our society shapes nature for our purposes, frequently at the risk of damaging ourselves."
    link.springer.com/article/10.1

    Image: Sisyphus, Franz von Stuck, 1920

    #roads #WaterFallWay #mountains #ecosystem #denudation #overloading #waterfalls #Bellingenshire #Dorrigo #landslides #landslips #infrastructure #cars #engineering #Sisyphus #mindsets #Anthropocene

    #roads #waterfallway #mountains #ecosystem #denudation #overloading
  2. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    Roads cutting through mountain ranges and waterfalls
    Do they cause landslides and reactivate old ones?

    Temporary fix for Waterfall Way at Gordonville slip site
    "Waterfall Way has reopened between Bellingen and Dorrigo after temporary repairs to the Gordonville slip site. The temporary fix consists of a gravel filled shipping container wall, two containers high and eight containers long, attached to the rockface using nine high-strength steel anchors drilled deep into the rockface." >>
    insidelocalgovernment.com.au/t

    Video of landslide: Waterfall Way, Gordonville Crossing Landslip >>
    youtube.com/watch?v=ZGymAVc1u8g

    Do roads mean landslides are more likely? >>
    blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2015/01/16

    Could road constructions be more hazardous than an earthquake in terms of mass movement?

    "In this study, we report a distinct correlation of mass movements and major road constructions that explicitly shows human impact on mountainous environments which are under anthropogenic disturbance recently. Our results further suggest that slope instabilities increased drastically after major service road constructions for hydroelectric power plants and as well as other road extension works."

    "We also stress that the impact of road construction can disturb the natural slope equilibrium to an extent comparable with moderate (larger than 6 Mw) earthquakes."

    "Such an observation implies that human activities can have a large, if not even dominant, impact on landscape evolution and the natural regime of surface processes. This is part of the definition of “Anthropocene,” an age where our society shapes nature for our purposes, frequently at the risk of damaging ourselves."
    link.springer.com/article/10.1

    Image: Sisyphus, Franz von Stuck, 1920

    #roads #WaterFallWay #mountains #ecosystem #denudation #overloading #waterfalls #Bellingenshire #Dorrigo #landslides #landslips #infrastructure #cars #engineering #Sisyphus #mindsets #Anthropocene

    #roads #waterfallway #mountains #ecosystem #denudation #overloading
  3. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    Roads cutting through mountain ranges and waterfalls
    Do they cause landslides and reactivate old ones?

    Temporary fix for Waterfall Way at Gordonville slip site
    "Waterfall Way has reopened between Bellingen and Dorrigo after temporary repairs to the Gordonville slip site. The temporary fix consists of a gravel filled shipping container wall, two containers high and eight containers long, attached to the rockface using nine high-strength steel anchors drilled deep into the rockface." >>
    insidelocalgovernment.com.au/t

    Video of landslide: Waterfall Way, Gordonville Crossing Landslip >>
    youtube.com/watch?v=ZGymAVc1u8g

    Do roads mean landslides are more likely? >>
    blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2015/01/16

    Could road constructions be more hazardous than an earthquake in terms of mass movement?

    "In this study, we report a distinct correlation of mass movements and major road constructions that explicitly shows human impact on mountainous environments which are under anthropogenic disturbance recently. Our results further suggest that slope instabilities increased drastically after major service road constructions for hydroelectric power plants and as well as other road extension works."

    "We also stress that the impact of road construction can disturb the natural slope equilibrium to an extent comparable with moderate (larger than 6 Mw) earthquakes."

    "Such an observation implies that human activities can have a large, if not even dominant, impact on landscape evolution and the natural regime of surface processes. This is part of the definition of “Anthropocene,” an age where our society shapes nature for our purposes, frequently at the risk of damaging ourselves."
    link.springer.com/article/10.1

    Image: Sisyphus, Franz von Stuck, 1920

    #roads #WaterFallWay #mountains #ecosystem #denudation #overloading #waterfalls #Bellingenshire #Dorrigo #landslides #landslips #infrastructure #cars #engineering #Sisyphus #mindsets #Anthropocene

    #roads #waterfallway #mountains #ecosystem #denudation #overloading
  4. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    Roads cutting through mountain ranges and waterfalls
    Do they cause landslides and reactivate old ones?

    Temporary fix for Waterfall Way at Gordonville slip site
    "Waterfall Way has reopened between Bellingen and Dorrigo after temporary repairs to the Gordonville slip site. The temporary fix consists of a gravel filled shipping container wall, two containers high and eight containers long, attached to the rockface using nine high-strength steel anchors drilled deep into the rockface." >>
    insidelocalgovernment.com.au/t

    Video of landslide: Waterfall Way, Gordonville Crossing Landslip >>
    youtube.com/watch?v=ZGymAVc1u8g

    Do roads mean landslides are more likely? >>
    blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2015/01/16

    Could road constructions be more hazardous than an earthquake in terms of mass movement?

    "In this study, we report a distinct correlation of mass movements and major road constructions that explicitly shows human impact on mountainous environments which are under anthropogenic disturbance recently. Our results further suggest that slope instabilities increased drastically after major service road constructions for hydroelectric power plants and as well as other road extension works."

    "We also stress that the impact of road construction can disturb the natural slope equilibrium to an extent comparable with moderate (larger than 6 Mw) earthquakes."

    "Such an observation implies that human activities can have a large, if not even dominant, impact on landscape evolution and the natural regime of surface processes. This is part of the definition of “Anthropocene,” an age where our society shapes nature for our purposes, frequently at the risk of damaging ourselves."
    link.springer.com/article/10.1

    Image: Sisyphus, Franz von Stuck, 1920

    #roads #WaterFallWay #mountains #ecosystem #denudation #overloading #waterfalls #Bellingenshire #Dorrigo #landslides #landslips #infrastructure #cars #engineering #Sisyphus #mindsets #Anthropocene

    #anthropocene #mindsets #sisyphus #engineering #cars #infrastructure
  5. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    Roads cutting through mountain ranges and waterfalls
    Do they cause landslides and reactivate old ones?

    Temporary fix for Waterfall Way at Gordonville slip site
    "Waterfall Way has reopened between Bellingen and Dorrigo after temporary repairs to the Gordonville slip site. The temporary fix consists of a gravel filled shipping container wall, two containers high and eight containers long, attached to the rockface using nine high-strength steel anchors drilled deep into the rockface." >>
    insidelocalgovernment.com.au/t

    Video of landslide: Waterfall Way, Gordonville Crossing Landslip >>
    youtube.com/watch?v=ZGymAVc1u8g

    Do roads mean landslides are more likely? >>
    blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2015/01/16

    Could road constructions be more hazardous than an earthquake in terms of mass movement?

    "In this study, we report a distinct correlation of mass movements and major road constructions that explicitly shows human impact on mountainous environments which are under anthropogenic disturbance recently. Our results further suggest that slope instabilities increased drastically after major service road constructions for hydroelectric power plants and as well as other road extension works."

    "We also stress that the impact of road construction can disturb the natural slope equilibrium to an extent comparable with moderate (larger than 6 Mw) earthquakes."

    "Such an observation implies that human activities can have a large, if not even dominant, impact on landscape evolution and the natural regime of surface processes. This is part of the definition of “Anthropocene,” an age where our society shapes nature for our purposes, frequently at the risk of damaging ourselves."
    link.springer.com/article/10.1

    Image: Sisyphus, Franz von Stuck, 1920

    #roads #WaterFallWay #mountains #ecosystem #denudation #overloading #waterfalls #Bellingenshire #Dorrigo #landslides #landslips #infrastructure #cars #engineering #Sisyphus #mindsets #Anthropocene

    #roads #waterfallway #mountains #ecosystem #denudation #overloading
  6. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    The mountain is falling off on Waterfall! Way due to traffic overloading

    "The road is a key tourism and agricultural route between north-west NSW and the coast, vital for the transport of livestock, dairy and produce over the Great Dividing Range...We've had 150 tonnes coming down over the initial 50 tonnes of material that fell."
    >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-01-29/far

    Landslide susceptibility near highways is increased by 1 order of magnitude in the Andes of southern Ecuador, Loja province
    "Mountain roads in developing countries are known to increase landslide occurrence due to often inadequate drainage systems and mechanical destabilization of hillslopes by undercutting and overloading." >>
    nhess.copernicus.org/articles/

    #roads #landslides #slopes #traffic #trucks #waterfalls #mountains #Dorrigo #MidNorthCoast #NSW #tourism #FossilFuels #climate #WaterFallWay

    #roads #landslides #traffic #trucks #waterfalls #mountains
  7. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    The end of the road trip?

    The culture of 'the drive' requires sisyphean road maintenance, especially in a climate emergency.

    Mobile sprawl as a form of 'recreation' eliminates the landscape. It is the annihilation of space and time. Motorists want to get from their door to the spectacle in the fastest way possible. The 'in-between space' viewed through the car window vanishes.

    The pleasure cruise from A to B does not just degrade the landscape, but also eradicates possibilities of a livable planet. The overuse by the masses in their fossil fuel boxes makes the hillsides crumble, leads to landslides and erosion. After flash flooding, drought and heatwaves the roads have to be rebuilt over and over again.

    Here are three cases of 'scenic drives':
    California, Victoria and NSW

    Extreme weather is changing California. These road trips show how
    theguardian.com/us-news/2023/d

    Climate Risk : The Path Ahead for the Great Ocean Road
    Unsustainable Tourism
    earlywarningnetwork.com.au/new

    Waterfall Way scenic drive, NSW
    nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/thing
    Why is the road called Waterfall Way ?
    abc.net.au/news/2020-12-15/wat

    #TheDrive #Cars #roads #ScenicDrive #vehicles #MobileSprawl #tourism #FossilFuels #hazards #RoadTrips #culture #So50s #BigAuto #MobilityDesign #dromology #speed #GreatOceanRoad #WaterfallWay #Dorrigo #NSW #GlenifferRoad #landscapes #erosion #RockFall #FlashFlooding #ClimateCrisis

    #cars #roads #vehicles #mobilesprawl #tourism #fossilfuels
  8. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    Bushfires and the 15-kilometre traffic jam
    Dangerous fires and bottlenecks when fleeing bushfires

    "There will be people caught in their cars, trying to get out of the area...When wildfires tore through the county of Maui in Hawaii earlier this month, leaving more than 100 people dead, some whom perished in their cars on the gridlocked road out of the town."

    abc.net.au/news/2023-08-25/wol
    #planning #sprawl #ExitRoutes #FossilFuel #bushfires #risks #cars #traffic #roads #gridlocked #Bellingen #WaterfallWay

    #planning #sprawl #exitroutes #fossilfuel #bushfires #risks
  9. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    Redesigning roads and intersections to put humans first – The Bellingen case

    Bellingen just 'upgraded' Gleniffer Road (The $5.2M “gate way to the Promised Land”) and North Bank Road. Both put fossil fuel vehicles first and forgot emission free mobility for people.
    But cyclists and foot traffic deserve the same direct routes that motorists have. Elsewhere they rethink transport planning to promote safer cycling and walking options. Another missed opportunity to put Bellingen on the map for pollution free country cruising.

    abc.net.au/news/2023-07-29/pus
    #Bellingen #PromisedLand #traffic #GlenifferRoad #WaterfallWay #NorthBankRoad #Roads #RoadUpgrades #FossilFuel #Infrastructure #tourism #network #so50s #cars #addiction #Ebikes #cycling #CyclePaths #Climate

    #bellingen #promisedland #traffic #glenifferroad #waterfallway #northbankroad
  10. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    More roads will bring more #FossilFuel tourists.
    Imagine being on the Waterfall Way Scenic #Drive in #Bellingen and you cannot charge your electric vehicle.

    “The 185 kilometre Waterfall Way scenic drive links Coffs harbour and Armidale, passing rainforest, river valleys and waterfalls, including New England and #Dorrigo National Parks”.
    visitnsw.com/destinations/nort

    “Popular getaway towns reliant on #tourism are struggling to deal with a surge in visitors driving electric vehicles. Businesses rush to install electric vehicle charging to keep tourists coming back. "Imagine showing up in a #petrol car and you had to wait an hour and a half to fill up your car. You just wouldn't do it.”
    abc.net.au/news/2023-04-26/bus

    The 'upgrade' for petrol drivers: "Gleniffer Road provides access between Gleniffer and Bellingen as well as access to the popular #TouristDestination of the #PromisedLand and the #NeverNeverRiver. #GlenifferRoad is also a key #detour route to the Dorrigo Plateau when Waterfall Way is closed."
    bellingen.nsw.gov.au/Services/
    #Energy #FossilFuel #Cars #Roads #50sEngineering #EV #Access #WaterfallWay #ScenicDrive #Climate

    #fossilfuel #drive #bellingen #dorrigo #tourism #touristdestination