single hazard can trigger a subsequent, different hazard, such as earthquakes triggering landslides. The effect of such … single hazards in isolation, and even multi-hazard risk assessment currently does not account for the interaction between …

This paper illustrates approaches to landslide risk acceptance in various parts of the world in the context of the … willingness to accept that risk, the willingness to pay to reduce the risk, and the willingness to alter the environment in the … conceptual approaches to landslide risk management. The willingness construct is intended to provide a readily understood …

In order to characterise the influence of the heavyrains on the observed landslides during the 1996–1997hydrological …

the construction practices of the region are also presented. Considering the high seismic risk of this area and that … significant. One of the vital features of this earthquake was a number of very large and devastating landslides that occurred in … the district of Pariaman. These landslides were not only extensive, but had an extremely high lethality. Another key …

Landslides are a common phenomenon in all the regions of Malawi. A number of historical landslides have been documented … and are summarized here. This paper examines the occurrence of landslides in the Rumphi District of Northern Malawi. The … study is based on a detailed study of 98 landslides that occurred in 2003 at Ntchenachena and Chiweta areas in the Rumphi …

caused high levels of destruction. However, data on past events related to floods and landslides were scattered. The …-geomorphologic database for Portugal, by creating, disseminating and exploiting a GIS database on disastrous floods and landslides for the … landslides were recorded and registered in the database. These occurrences were responsible for 1,251 dead people. The obtained …