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24 May 2024
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| 24 May 2024
| 24 May 2024
Insights into the development of a landslide early warning system prototype in an informal settlement: the case of Bello Oriente in Medellín, Colombia
Christian Werthmann
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute for Landscape Architecture, Leibniz University Hannover, Herrenhäuserstrasse 2a, 30419 Hanover, Germany
Marta Sapena
German Aerospace Center (DLR), German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD), Münchner Str. 20, 82234 Weßling, Germany
Marlene Kühnl
German Aerospace Center (DLR), German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD), Münchner Str. 20, 82234 Weßling, Germany
Company for Remote Sensing and Environmental Research (SLU), Kohlsteiner Str. 5, 81243 Munich, Germany
John Singer
AlpGeorisk, Lorenz-Hübner-Str. 15, 86609 Donauwörth, Germany
Carolina Garcia
Geological Society of Colombia, 111321 Bogotá, Colombia
Tamara Breuninger
Chair of Engineering Geology, Technical University of Munich, Arcisstraße 21, 80333 Munich, Germany
Moritz Gamperl
Chair of Engineering Geology, Technical University of Munich, Arcisstraße 21, 80333 Munich, Germany
Bettina Menschik
Chair of Engineering Geology, Technical University of Munich, Arcisstraße 21, 80333 Munich, Germany
Heike Schäfer
Institute for Landscape Architecture, Leibniz University Hannover, Herrenhäuserstrasse 2a, 30419 Hanover, Germany
Sebastian Schröck
Deggendorf Institute of Technology (DIT), Institute for Applied Informatics, Grafenauer Str. 22, 94078 Freyung, Germany
Lisa Seiler
Institute for Landscape Architecture, Leibniz University Hannover, Herrenhäuserstrasse 2a, 30419 Hanover, Germany
Kurosch Thuro
Chair of Engineering Geology, Technical University of Munich, Arcisstraße 21, 80333 Munich, Germany
Hannes Taubenböck
German Aerospace Center (DLR), German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD), Münchner Str. 20, 82234 Weßling, Germany
Institute of Geography and Geology, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- GA-GBDT: A Spatio-Temporal Graph-Augmented Gradient Boosting Framework for GNSS Network–Based Landslide Event Warning in Mining Areas J. Wu et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/app16115569
- Riesgo por avenida torrencial en la quebrada Malpaso, Robledo Aures 2, Medellín J. Flórez-Montoya et al. https://doi.org/10.63434/30286999.430
- A new low-cost inclinometer for landslide related structural health monitoring D. Cifaldi et al. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2025.1662640
- The vulnerability dimensionscape: distilling and mapping the core drivers of disaster risk in a changing climate I. Alcántara-Ayala https://doi.org/10.1080/17477891.2026.2669508
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Short summary
Early warning systems (EWSs) promise to decrease the vulnerability of self-constructed (informal) settlements. A living lab developed a partially functional prototype of an EWS for landslides in a Medellín neighborhood. The first findings indicate that technical aspects can be manageable, unlike social and political dynamics. A resilient EWS for informal settlements has to achieve sufficient social and technical redundancy to maintain basic functionality in a reduced-support scenario.
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