Risk assessment and management of rainfall-induced landslides in tropical regions: A review

MP Amarasinghe, SAS Kulathilaka, DJ Robert, A Zhou… - Natural Hazards, 2024 - Springer
Excessive rainfall is considered the major landslide triggering mechanism, especially in
tropical climate regions. During rainfall, water infiltrates into the subsurface; reducing the …

A systematic review for assessing the impact of climate change on landslides: research gaps and directions for future research

A Sharma, H Sajjad, Roshani, MH Rahaman - Spatial Information …, 2024 - Springer
The magnitude and intensity of landslides due to changing climate have created
environmental and socio-economic implications for society. Through an in-depth analysis of …

Landslide susceptibility assessment of a part of the Western Ghats (India) employing the AHP and F-AHP models and comparison with existing susceptibility maps

SB Bhagya, AS Sumi, S Balaji, JH Danumah… - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
Landslides are prevalent in the Western Ghats, and the incidences that happened in 2021 in
the Koottickal area of the Kottayam district (Western Ghats) resulted in the loss of 10 lives …

Enhancing post-seismic landslide susceptibility modeling in China through a time-variant approach: a spatio-temporal analysis

X Guo, B Fu, J Du, S Qi, P Shi, X Hou - International Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The pre-phase landslides will have a legacy effect on future landslides, changing the
landslide susceptibility. This study attempts to establish a reasonable post-seismic landslide …

Empirical earthquake source scaling relations for maximum magnitudes estimations in Central America

M Arroyo‐Solórzano… - Bulletin of the …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Central America is a seismically active region where six tectonic plates (North America,
Caribbean, Cocos, Nazca, Panama, and South America) interact in a subduction zone with …

Landslides and flood hazard mapping using geomorphological methods in Santa Ana, Costa Rica

M Acosta-Quesada, A Quesada-Román - International Journal of Disaster …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study addresses the critical need for comprehensive hazard maps to guide urban and
periurban risk management in Santa Ana, Costa Rica. Located near the capital, San Jose …

Historical trends and future implications of disasters in Honduras

A Quesada-Román, L Torres-Bernhard, K Hernández… - Natural Hazards, 2024 - Springer
In Honduras, a country located in Central America, the prevalence of hydrometeorological
disasters due to its geographical location poses a challenge in the context of climate …

Mass Movements Dynamics and Morphologies in Costa Rica

A Quesada-Román - Landscapes and Landforms of Costa Rica, 2024 - Springer
Landslides are natural processes that commonly affect human activities at every latitude and
altitude worldwide. Tropical countries such as Costa Rica deal annually with landslides …

Seismic landslide susceptibility evaluation model based on historical data and its application to areas with similar environmental settings

X Liu, X Yang, R Yuan, R Xu, C Liu - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Seismic landslide susceptibility evaluation models are usually built on the basis of historical
sample data; however, the evaluation results are often unsatisfactory when the …

DEM-based analysis of tectonic geomorphologic characteristics and tectonic activity intensity of the Dabanghe River Basin in South China Karst

W Yao, K Xiong, Y Fan, X Lyu - Open Geosciences, 2023 - degruyter.com
Abstract The Dabanghe River Basin, in the west of Guizhou Plateau, consists of numerous
prominent geological structural features, such as the Shuicheng–Wangmo, Yadu–Ziyun, and …