Tuve landslide

The Tuve landslide was a large landslide in Tuve, Gothenburg, Sweden on November 30, 1977. Some 67 houses were destroyed, killing 8-9, injuring about 60 and making around 600 people homeless.cite web|url=http://www5.goteborg.se/prod/tuve-save/dalis2.nsf/vyPublicerade/30E99B73E34D8BDEC1256DA60057AC44?OpenDocument|title=Katastrofen i Tuve|date=2007-04-02|publisher=City of Gothenburg - Tuve-Säve|language=Swedish|accessdate=2008-08-17] The slide occurred at 16.05 and was over in 5-6 minutes. The slide affected 270 000 square meters (27 hectares).cite web|url=http://www.sgu.se/sgu/eng/samhalle/risker/skred_e.htm|title=Landslides and gullies|publisher=Geological Survey of Sweden|language=English|accessdate=2008-08-17] About 600 people lived in the area ow which 200 were in the area at the time of the slide. About 100 needed help by rescue workers. It was the most severe landslide in modern Sweden.

Close to one km of the nearby road was destroyed. Estimations say that three to four million cubic meters of soil was involved in the slide.

The total ecomonic cost of the slide has been estimated to 140 million SEK (15 million EUR, 22 million USD).

Cause

The slide was caused by heavy rain and an unstable slope.cite news|url=http://www.kkuriren.se/hermes/article/KK_20021130_27_1_3.html|title=Tuveraset på Hisingen kräver åtta människoliv|date=2002-11-30|publisher=Katrineholms Kuriren|language=Swedish|accessdate=2008-08-17]

Aftermath

After the slide it was realized that many areas were built without proper geotechnical investigations. It was decided to map the stability of built-up areas of muncipalities. cite web|url=http://www.unisdr.org/eng/mdgs-drr/national-reports/Sweden-report.pdf|title=National reporting and information on disaster reduction for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 18-22 January 2005, Kobe, Japan|last=Edwards|first=Janet|date=2004-06-17|publisher=Swedish Rescue Services Agency|language=English|accessdate=2008-08-17]

References

Further resources

* Sveriges Radio P3 Dokumentär: "Raskatastrofen i Tuve" by Kristofer Hansson. First broadcasted on 5 oktober 2008 18.03-20.00. [http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/p3/programsidor/index.asp?programid=2519] . Radio documentary with interviews.