Mapping Landslide Risk of the World

Abstract

The highest class of landslide susceptibility is distributed mainly around the major structural mountains, especially in the Alpine-Himalayan mountain tectonic belt, the Pacific Rim, and the Great Rift Valley. Rainfall-induced landslides are mainly scattered in humid areas with large undulating terrain, such as windward slope of the southern Himalayas, China Longmen Mountain area Mt. Alps, and the Andes. Landslide mortality risk mainly distributes in mountain areas with high population density, especially in the developing countries.