Guidelines for Quantitative Risk to Life Calculations for Landslides

New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service

This guideline sets out a method for calculating risk to life in NSW national parks. The principal objective of this guideline is to provide a standard method for quantitatively calculating risk to life for various scenarios that could be encountered in national parks and for which landslide risk assessment may be undertaken.

Date
7 February 2024
Publisher
Golder Associates Pty Ltd
Type
Publication
Cost
Free
Language
English
  • File PDF 1.5MB
  • Pages 81
  • Name quantitative-risk-life-calculations-landslides-guidelines-2023.pdf

These guidelines are intended to outline a step by step process for the calculation of individual and societal risk. The objective of providing these guidelines is to achieve consistency in how landslide risks are calculated and reported by different practitioners who might undertake landslide risk assessment work within NSW national parks.

Disclaimer

This report was prepared by Golder Associates Pty Ltd in good faith exercising all due care and attention, but no representation or warranty, express or implied, is made as to the relevance, accuracy, completeness or fitness for purpose of this document in respect of any particular user’s circumstances. Users of this document should satisfy themselves concerning its application to, and where necessary seek expert advice in respect of, their situation. The views expressed within are not necessarily the views of the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment and may not represent Department policy.
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