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Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Rainfall-Induced Landslides in Nicaragua (2000–2022): Preliminary Insights to Communicate Landslide Disaster Risk
Nicaragua’s location in the tropics makes it highly susceptible to tropical cyclones, with 22 such events causing significant damage between 1971 and 2020. The attendant risk of landslides and flooding from he...
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Landslide risk management: from hazard to disaster risk reduction
Integrated disaster risk management is crucial in reducing landslide risk. The International Consortium on Landslides has launched several initiatives to enhance research and practice in landslide risk managem...
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Open AccessCan we pull resilience from the rubble? experiencing earthquakes in Mexico City
This paper serves as an introduction to focus on the meaning of resilience as a notion that hypothetically enables cities and their citizens to remain unaffected by shocks and stresses of diverse nature, but i...
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Do not Let Your Guard Down: Landslide Exposure and Local Awareness in Mexico
The International Consortium on Landslides, through the Sendai Partnerships 2015–2025 and the Kyoto Landslide Commitment 2020 for Global Promotion of Understanding and Reducing Landslide Disaster Risk, aims to...
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Landslide Warning Systems in High-Income Countries: Past Accomplishments and Expected Endeavours
Special emphasis has been given to the role Early Warning Systems (EWSs) can play as mechanisms for disaster risk reduction (DRR) around the globe. Along this line, the International Consortium on Landslides (...
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Landslide Warning Systems in Upper Middle-Income Countries: Current Insights and New Perspectives
Early Warning Systems (EWSs) are considered one of the main mechanisms for disaster risk reduction (DRR). In this sense, several efforts have been made by the international science and technology community to ...
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Landslide Warning Systems in Low-And Lower-Middle-Income Countries: Future Challenges and Societal Impact
There is a growing body of literature that recognises the importance of warning systems to reduce landslide disaster risk and avoid the occurrence of disasters. Recent developments in landslide disasters aroun...
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Under the rubble: disaster risk management and accountability after the Mexico City earthquake of September 19, 2017
After thirty-two years of the devastating earthquake in Mexico City in 1985, the city was again shaken by the consequences of the 7.1 Mw earthquake that struck central Mexico on September 19, 2017. The impact of ...
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Disaster risk reduction in mountain areas: an initial overview on seeking pathways to global sustainability
As disasters cripple the world’s prospects for sustainable development, protecting the most vulnerable groups exposed to hazards is one of the main challenges facing humanity. Owing to the systemic nature of r...
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Disaster risk reduction in mountain areas: a research overview
This paper gives an account of the diverse dimensions of research on disaster risk reduction in mountain regions derived from an open call of the Journal of Mountain Science that brought 21 contributions. This sp...
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Mountain Landslides: An Overview of Common Types and Future Impacts
This chapter begins by giving a brief overview of the forces involved in the geodynamics of mountains and mountain ranges, including the processes needed for the generation of mass movement processes. In the r...
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Construction of Disaster Risk in Mountain Systems and its Integrated Management
Disasters in mountain systems affect sustainability through human, economic, and environmental losses. Although disaster risk is partially understood when analyzing mountain hazards, deeper insights into lowla...
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Undertakings of the Institute of Geography of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, ICL World Centre of Excellence on landslide risk reduction
The primary aim of this paper is to highlight the importance of scientific collaboration for landslide disaster risk reduction in Mexico. Drawing upon specific undertakings into applied research, this article ...
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The use of UAVs for landslide disaster risk research and disaster risk management: a literature review
On a global scale, from 2005 to 2019, there were 275 high-magnitude, low-frequency disasters that involved 14,172 fatalities and four million affected people. Similar patterns have taken place during longer pe...
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On the Use of UAVs for Landslide Exposure of Households: La Gloria Neighbourhood, Teziutlán, Puebla
Owing to landslide susceptibility of pyroclastic deposits, coupled with high vulnerability and exposure, the Sierra Norte de Puebla region, in Mexico, is characterised by significant levels of landslide disast...
