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 …

Automatic mapping of landslides by the ResU-Net

W Qi, M Wei, W Yang, C Xu, C Ma - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Massive landslides over large regions can be triggered by heavy rainfalls or major seismic
events. Mapping regional landslides quickly is important for disaster mitigation. In recent …

Study on landslide susceptibility mapping based on rock–soil characteristic factors

X Yu, K Zhang, Y Song, W Jiang, J Zhou - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
This study introduces four rock–soil characteristics factors, that is, Lithology, Rock Structure,
Rock Infiltration, and Rock Weathering, which based on the properties of rock formations, to …

Relationships between earthquakes, hurricanes, and landslides in Costa Rica

A Quesada-Román, B Fallas-López… - Landslides, 2019 - Springer
Landslides are a common natural hazard in Costa Rica, recurrently triggered by seismicity
and extraordinary rainfall. Here, we investigate the coalescence of both processes and their …

Characterizing the distribution pattern and a physically based susceptibility assessment of shallow landslides triggered by the 2019 heavy rainfall event in Longchuan …

S Ma, X Shao, C Xu - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Rainfall-induced landslides pose a significant threat to the lives and property of residents in
the southeast mountainous and hilly area; hence, characterizing the distribution pattern and …

[HTML][HTML] Insight into the Characteristics and Triggers of Loess Landslides during the 2013 Heavy Rainfall Event in the Tianshui Area, China

X Shao, S Ma, C Xu, Y Xu - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
The 2013 heavy rainfall event (from June to July) in the Tianshui area triggered the most
serious rainfall-induced group-occurring landslides since 1984, causing extensive …

Detailed Inventory and Spatial Distribution Analysis of Rainfall-Induced Landslides in Jiexi County, Guangdong Province, China in August 2018

C Xie, Y Huang, L Li, T Li, C Xu - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, with the intensification of climate change, the occurrence of heavy rain
events has become more frequent. Landslides triggered by heavy rainfall have become one …

Changes of surface recovery at coseismic landslides and their driving factors in the Wenchuan earthquake-affected area

M Chen, C Tang, M Li, J Xiong, Y Luo, Q Shi, X Zhang… - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
A major earthquake can trigger numerous landslides, which exert severe impacts on
regional vegetation coverage. In some years following an earthquake, rainstorms can easily …

Landslides triggered by the 2016 heavy rainfall event in Sanming, Fujian Province: Distribution pattern analysis and spatio-temporal susceptibility assessment

S Ma, X Shao, C Xu - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Rainfall-induced landslides pose a significant threat to the lives and property of residents in
the southeast mountainous area. From 5 to 10 May 2016, Sanming City in Fujian Province …

[HTML][HTML] The role of geomorphology, rainfall and soil moisture in the occurrence of landslides triggered by 2018 Typhoon Mangkhut in the Philippines

C Abancó, GL Bennett, AJ Matthews… - … Hazards and Earth …, 2021 - nhess.copernicus.org
Abstract In 2018 Typhoon Mangkhut (locally known as Typhoon Ompong) triggered
thousands of landslides in the Itogon region of the Philippines. A landslide inventory of the …