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  • Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Public Health

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  • Landslides cause thousands of deaths annually, posing a significant threat to human health.
  • Current methods for assessing landslide consequences rely on subjective expert judgment and do not identify mortality causes.
  • Existing risk assessment tools lack the specificity to inform targeted landslide risk reduction strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a data-driven tool for estimating individual mortality probability from landslides based on intensity.
  • To identify key factors influencing human vulnerability and mortality in landslide events.
  • To inform strategies for reducing landslide risk and improving survival rates.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a quantitative, data-driven model to predict mortality probability.
  • Analysis of landslide intensity, inundation depth, and human behavior as factors in mortality.
  • Correlation analysis between landslide vulnerability, economic development, and demographic factors (gender, age).

Main Results:

  • A tool is developed to estimate individual death probability based on landslide intensity.
  • Human behavior is the primary driver of mortality in inundation depths of 1-6 meters.
  • Landslide vulnerability correlates with regional economic development; survival can be improved up to 12-fold by simple actions.

Conclusions:

  • Data-driven tools offer a more objective approach to landslide risk assessment than expert judgment.
  • Understanding human behavior and implementing simple protective measures are critical for increasing survival rates.
  • Community-based hazard awareness and first responder training are vital for maximizing landslide survival.