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In October 1998, Hurricane Mitch triggered a large number of landslides (mainly debris flows) in Honduras and Nicaragua, resulting in a high death toll and in considerable damage to property. In recent years, a number of risk assessment methodologies have been devised to mitigate natural disasters. However, due to scarcity of funds and lack of specialised personnel few of these methodologies are accessible...
Although developing countries are vulnerable to landslide hazard, they generally lack policies for hazard assessment and mitigation. This may be attributed to the scarcity of good quality data on which to base any sound hazard assessment in addition to insufficient funds and lack of political will. Thus, there is an urgent need for developing feasible methodologies of landslide hazard assessment and...
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