Slow-moving landslides a growing, but ignored, threat to mountain communities
When people hear the word ‘landslide’, they often think of the sudden collapse of earth or rock from a mountain. But slow-moving landslides – which can move as little as one millimeter per year and up to a few meters per year – are also a growing threat to people who are pushed to live on steeper slopes because of urban growth and flood risk.
Check out a new research carried at the global level on the exposure of population to the growing threat of slow-moving landslides. This study, which benefited from the expertise of our team, is published in Earth’s Future, an open-access, peer-reviewed AGU journal. View and download the pdf of the study under this link.
For citation: Ferrer, J. V., Samprogna Mohor, G., Dewitte, O., Pánek, T., Reyes‐Carmona, C., Handwerger, A. L., et al. (2024). Human settlement pressure drives slowmoving landslide exposure. Earth's Future, 12, e2024EF004830. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024EF004830
Legend of the photo: The large slow-moving landslide of Funu in Bukavu in 2018. The very steep scarp that delimits the upper part of the landside is 100 meter high. All the settlement before this scarp are in the landslide. Photo: © A. Dille, AfricaMuseum.
