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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-1937-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-1937-2025
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Brief communication
| 
11 Jun 2025
Brief communication |
| 11 Jun 2025
| 11 Jun 2025
Brief communication: Weak correlation between building damage and loss of life from landslides
Maximillian Van Wyk de Vries
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EL, UK
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0EZ, UK
School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK
Alexandre Dunant
Department of Geography, Durham University, Lower Mountjoy, South Rd, Durham DH13LE, UK
Center for Climate Change and Transformation, Eurac Research, Bolzano 39100, Italy
Amy L. Johnson
Department of Government and Sociology, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA 31061, United States
Erin L. Harvey
Department of Geography, Durham University, Lower Mountjoy, South Rd, Durham DH13LE, UK
Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Winter St, Sheffield S37ND, UK
Katherine Arrell
Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Northumbria University, City Campus, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
Jeevan Baniya
Social Science Baha, 345 Ramchandra Marg, Battisputali, Kathmandu, Nepal
Dipak Basnet
Social Science Baha, 345 Ramchandra Marg, Battisputali, Kathmandu, Nepal
Gopi K. Basyal
National Society for Earthquake Technology, Sainbu Bhainsepati Residential Area, Lalitpur 13775, Nepal
Nyima Dorjee Bhotia
Social Science Baha, 345 Ramchandra Marg, Battisputali, Kathmandu, Nepal
Simon J. Dadson
School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK
Alexander L. Densmore
Department of Geography, Durham University, Lower Mountjoy, South Rd, Durham DH13LE, UK
Tek Bahadur Dong
Social Science Baha, 345 Ramchandra Marg, Battisputali, Kathmandu, Nepal
Mark E. Kincey
School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE17RX, UK
Katie Oven
Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Northumbria University, City Campus, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
Anuradha Puri
Social Science Baha, 345 Ramchandra Marg, Battisputali, Kathmandu, Nepal
Nick J. Rosser
Department of Geography, Durham University, Lower Mountjoy, South Rd, Durham DH13LE, UK
Data sets
DesInventar Sendai UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) https://www.desinventar.net/DesInventar/
BiPAD Government of Nepal https://bipadportal.gov.np/
Short summary
Mapping exposure to landslides is necessary to mitigate risk and reduce vulnerability. In this study, we show that there is a poor correlation between building damage and deaths from landslides, such that the deadliest landslides do not always destroy the most buildings and vice versa. This has important implications for our management of landslide risk.
Mapping exposure to landslides is necessary to mitigate risk and reduce vulnerability. In this...
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