Case Study
Humus technology for preventive and post-disaster land conservation in disaster areas
Source
Artificially manufactured humus materials can be used for managing slopes and preventing disasters in public infrastructure projects. Japan Conservation Engineers utilized humus to accelerate plant growth on slopes for landslide prevention; brown field desalinization; recovery of tsunami-flooded agricultural fields; reforestation after fires; and recovery of degraded forests and closed water systems.
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Hazards
Landslide
Country and region
Japan
ARISE Priority
Infrastructure
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Number of pages
2 p.
Publication year
2017