Landslides are responsible for thousands of deaths throughout the world every year.
Most fatalities occure due to rock falls or debris falls related to the landslides.
Furthermost, the most damaging landslides are induced by long periods of heavy precipitation (USGS).
We therefore focus on rainfall-induced landslides.
Four layers can be visualised :
The overall risk related to landslides
Frequency of landslides
Physical exposure to landslides (number of people impacted per year)
Economical exposure to landslides (potential economical losses ($) per year)
Seven time intervals can be visualised (1950 to 2010). The metadata for each time interval are available here:
1950,
1960,
1970,
1980,
1990,
2000,
2010
Usage
Layers can be switched (basemaps and landslides related layers) with the top right tool
The size of the symbols corresponds to the mean landslide's related deaths for a 10 year interval
The slider in the middle of the screen can be used to change the year (1950 to 2010), shwowing data according the chosen year
Each symbol can be clicked in order to see the landslide's related deaths evolution over the years for a given county
You can view the different legends by clicking on the on the left side of the map
on the left side of the map
