Owing to the extraordinary latitudinal extent, a strong orographic variability with very high
mountain tops, and the presence of deep valleys and steep slopes, the Andes and the …

Rainfall threshold determination is a pressing issue in the landslide scientific community.
While major improvements have been made towards more reproducible techniques for the …

Physically based models have been widely used around the world to study landslide
occurrence. The accuracy in a physically based landslide susceptibility/hazard assessment …

Over the last few decades, the impact of landslides has increased in Latin America.
However, there is a deficiency in the region of diagnostic studies on landslide hazards. This …

Rainfall thresholds are intensity-duration relations that are supposedly able to distinguish
precipitation events that may or may not trigger landslides. The most common method for …

Landslides triggered by rainfall are very common phenomena in complex tropical
environments such as the Colombian Andes, one of the regions of South America most …

Despite great advances in remote sensing technologies, accurate satellite information is
sometimes challenged in tropical regions where dense vegetation prevents the instruments …

This work is focused on the landslide susceptibility assessment, applied to Mauritius Island.
The study area is a volcanic island located in the western part of the Indian Ocean and it is …

Some physically based landslide models analyse pore water pressure changes due to
rainfall infiltration and its effects on slope stability. The physically-based model TRIGRS has …

Rainfall-induced shallow landslides are one of the most frequent hazards on slanted
terrains. Intense storms with high-intensity and long-duration rainfall have high potential to …