LANDSLIDE RISK AT INCA'S WORLD HERITAGE IN MACHU PICCHU, PERU
LANDSLIDE RISK AT INCA'S WORLD HERITAGE IN MACHU PICCHU, PERU
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秘鲁马丘比丘印加世界遗产面临山体滑坡风险
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2002
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T. Kamai
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作者:
H. Fukuoka;T. Kamai
1.INTRODUCTION The Inca Citadel in Machu Picchu, at northwest of Cusco, Peru, (Fig.1) was declared a World Heritage of Humanity in terms of both cultural and natural property by UNESCO in 1983. It is also an ecological sanctuary because of its ecological richness. The present style of citadel was probably built by the Incas in the 15th century. It remained untouched through the colonial period because of its isolated location on the top of a steep mountain. Machu Picchu became known to the world after its "scientific discovery" by Prof. Hiram Bingham in July 1911. As time passed, it seemed that Machu Picchu citadel possibly has been affected by landslides. Ten years ago, the director of the Geophysical Institute of Peru (Instituto Geofisico del Peru = IGP) visited the Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University and requested an investigation of the area. And in 1997, R. Carreno and C. Bonnard published a paper "Rock slide at Machu Picchu, Peru." Carreno proposed a study of this slide as a sub-project of IGCP-425 in 1998, and it was approved. During the IGCP-425 meeting and UNESCO Conference on Cultural Heritage at Risk at UNESCO in September 1999, his report on the subproject attracted considerable interest from participants.