A comparative study of typical engineering landslide disasters both in China and abroad

The landslide induced by human engineering activity is classified into 4 basic types and several subclasses based on collection and combination of worldwide catastrophic engineering landslide cases over the past century. Engineering landslide classification framework consists of the following parts: ①mining engineering landslide (consisting of underground mining, open pit and quarry, tailing dam and dump subclasses); ②water conservancy and hydropower engineering landslide (composed of reservoir bank slope, reservoir dam, irrigation engineering subclasses); ③linear infrastructure engineering landslide (comprising highway and railway as well as oil and gas pipeline engineering subclasses); ④urban construction compound engineering type. The well-known catastrophic engineering landslide cases both in China and abroad are emphatically analyzed, and the general characteristics of common engineering landslide are overviewed. The authors systematically summarize the modes of occurrence, mechanisms and treatment measures of various engineering landslides. Through a comparative study of different types of engineering-induced landslides, lessons drawn from landslide failure and successful treatments are overviewed. It is hoped that these conclusions and suggestions will serve as references for engineering landslide comprehensive control and risk mitigation in the future projects and urban construction.