applied geomorphology

The study of the interactions between geomorphology and human activity. Thus, applied geomorphology covers the following:

1. The specialized mapping of landforms, such as slope elements, which affect or may be affected by human activity, and which are not mapped by other disciplines;
2. The interpretation of features shown on aerial photographs or by remote sensing methods;
3. The monitoring of changes in the environment, especially when those changes bring risks to society;
4. The assessment of the causes of these changes, notably of those which develop as hazards to man;
5. The remedies to such hazards;
6. The recognition of the consequences of human activity in geomorphology.