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    STUDIA GEOLOGIA - Issue no. 2 / 2009  
         
  Article:   ASSESSMENT OF GEOHAZARDS AND MANAGEMENT OF THEIR POSSIBLE IMPACTS IN THE KURBINI REGION, ALBANIA.

Authors:  ARJAN BEQIRAJ, FRAN GJOKA, MENTOR LAMAJ, MAJLINDA CENAMERI. 		 
       
         
  Abstract:  The small region of Kurbini, situated in the north western part of Albania, faces various hazards, due to the particular geographical position marked by the close neighbourhood of the high mountains and the Adriatic Sea. The hydrological and hydrogeological hazards, the deterioration of the groundwater quality, the intense erosion of the soil, the local acidification/contamination/salinization of the soil, and the desertification of land, are the most important geohazards threatening the area. A complex monitoring of all identified risk factors is necessary in order to avoid catastrophic events and irreversible damages.

Key words: geohazard, flood, erosion, desertification, Albania. 		 
         
     
         
         
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