gesjGEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITYGEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY2071-93882542-1565Russian Geographical Society10.24057/2071-9388-2019-85gesj-911Research ArticleSPECIAL ISSUE "Urban environmental geography: Mosсow and other megacities"Specific Features Of Geological Risk Assessment In MoscowKozliakovaIrina V.

Ulansky per. 13, str.2, Moscow,101000

EreminaOlga N.

Ulansky per. 13, str.2, Moscow,101000

sci-council@geoenv.ruAnisimovaNadezhda G.

Ulansky per. 13, str.2, Moscow,101000

KozhevnikovaIrina A.

Ulansky per. 13, str.2, Moscow,101000

Sergeev Institute of Environmental Geoscience, Russian Academy of Sciences (IEG RAS)Russian Federation201931122019124159174Copyright © Kozliakova I.V., Eremina O.N., Anisimova N.G., Kozhevnikova I.A., 20192019Kozliakova I.V., Eremina O.N., Anisimova N.G., Kozhevnikova I.A.Kozliakova I.V., Eremina O.N., Anisimova N.G., Kozhevnikova I.A.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://ges.rgo.ru/jour/article/view/911

The paper describes approaches to assessing geohazards and georisk of economic losses in Moscow. It is shown that for surface construction, the principle geohazards in Moscow are karst-suffosion sinkholes, land subsidence, landslides, and waterlogging. The subsurface construction is endangered by karstification and fracturing of limestone, decompaction, and swelling of clay, quicksand phenomena, and groundwater breakthrough to tunnels. The different procedures for the assessment of geological risk in Moscow have been suggested for already existing urban infrastructure and for future planned construction. For existing surface urban infrastructure, geological risk is considered to be an integral parameter of probable damage caused by geohazards and the anthropogenic load on the specific territories. The main aim of risk mapping in this case is outlining the territories, for which restrictions and prohibitions should be imposed for further urban engineering development. For future subsurface urban construction, the risk-analysis consists in assessing the impact of geohazards on the engineering structure by comparing the future expenditures for the construction and operation under different engineering geological conditions. The procedures of risk mapping elaborated for both approaches are described; the typification schemes are listed; and the relevant risk maps built for the Moscow territory are provided. The risk maps will help planners to compare and make alternative project decisions in order to minimize the cost in future economic expenditures. Both approaches are successfully approved in Moscow.

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