Brief communication: Weak correlation between building damage and loss of life from landslides
(2025)
Journal Article
Van Wyk de Vries, M., Dunant, A., Johnson, A. L., Harvey, E. L., Li, S., Arrell, K., Baniya, J., Basnet, D., Basyal, G. K., Bhotia, N. D., Dadson, S. J., Densmore, A. L., Dong, T. B., Kincey, M. E., Oven, K., Puri, A., & Rosser, N. J. (in press). Brief communication: Weak correlation between building damage and loss of life from landslides. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 25(6), 1937-1942. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-1937-2025
Mapping exposure to landslides is necessary to mitigate risk and increase resilience. Exposure maps can be constructed from building databases, akin to seismic risk assessments, but there has been little investigation of the predictive relationship b... Read More about Brief communication: Weak correlation between building damage and loss of life from landslides.