Prateek Sharma

• Master of Science (Geology)
• DST-INSPIRE FELLOW (SRF) at University of Lucknow

Landslides in mountainous regions threaten infrastructure and societal progress, primarily due to shear strength reduction along weak discontinuities. Assessing intact rock shear strength involves methods like confined compressive strength or direct shear testing. In rock masses, shear strength depends on factors such as the basic friction angle (ф...

Slope failures are frequent, widespread geomorphological, and one of the hazardous natural phenomena that threaten human life and property. Every year a number of persons lost their lives due to landslides or slope failures. Therefore, a better and qualitative understanding of landslides is very essential for adopting mitigation strategies for this...

Climate variability leads to unpredictable periods of maximum rainfall or the local maximum temperature in a hilly area. This sudden change, sometimes, causes very catastrophic natural hazards such as landslides and flash floods, and consequently, the socio-economic life of the population living in mountainous areas is highly affected. The rainfall...

The changing and diverse nature of the environment presents challenges in predicting natural disasters, which are further exacerbated by human interventions such as road and dam constructions, tunnelling, and hydropower projects in mountainous regions, along with changing climate conditions. Landslides, common in mountainous terrain, pose risks to...

The socioeconomic prosperity of a region is intricately tied to its infrastructure development, particularly the connectivity provided by highways. Preserving the economic well-being of an area demands meticulous planning and the execution of construction projects with minimal risk. Landslide hazard zonation (LHZ) is a crucial tool for assessing th...

The tectonic and anthropogenic activity in lesser Himalayas made it prone to Landslides. Living beings, all development projects such as the construction of highways, tunnels, dams, bridges, etc., and tourism in hilly areas are affected by landslides. The landslides occur in different forms which include rockfall, road subsidence, and complete slop...

The present study focuses on the estimation of uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) in geotechnical projects. UCS is a crucial parameter in designing such projects, and traditional methods of measurement outlined by standards are often time-consuming and cumbersome. Additionally, obtaining standard core samples is always a challenging task in fractu...

The climatic conditions lead to the unpredictability of naturally controlled parameters such as minimum and maximum temperature or time of peak rainfall in the area. Due to intensive rainfall, the chance of landslide occurrence increases multiple times and affects the population living in hilly regions and tourists. Landsides affect big areas withi...

The irregularity and unforeseeable climate conditions are adding to the complexity to predict natural hazards. The hilly terrains are already having very complex geological and tectonic settings. Further, enhanced human encroachment and changing climatic conditions magnified the vulnerability of mountain slopes, such as the development of road conn...

Throughout the world, landslides are a common hazard in hilly regions. There are varying conditions that lead to their emergence in different regions. Constructions and widening of the highways are accelerating landslides due to steepening and removal toe support of slope. The factors involved in slope failure are the angle of the slope, the lithol...

The variability and unpredictability of climatic conditions are adding to the complexity in the prediction of the natural hazards. The Himalayan region is having a very complex geological and tectonic setting. Besides, climatic conditions and geological setting of the area, human encroachment is adding to the vulnerability of mountain slopes. The l...

India is now having 17% of the world's populations. This population is living in the plains as well as hilly regions. The Landslide became major threat to the population living in hilly region and tourist. Landsides affect vast areas within India, in particular in the Himalayan chain in North and Eastern part of the country and Western Ghats in the...