Landslide Research: State of the Art and Innovations

Landslides have always been one of the most harmful geological hazards in terms of human lives and economic loss worldwide. Landslides can develop in both continental and underwater environments characterized by the presence of slopes with devastating consequences on structures, infrastructure, economic activities, and communities. They can also occur in flat or sub-flat areas, such as sinkholes, a particularly insidious phenomenon in densely urbanized areas. For this reason, landslide research is a priority and requires a wide range of knowledge and expertise to describe them, characterize them, and address the related risk prevention and mitigation aspects due to the wide variety of phenomena in terms of typology and triggering conditions. The purpose of this Special Issue is to collect and group together quality scientific papers on these research fields and derive practical/operational applications. The topics related to this Special Issue therefore concern the innovative methodologies to achieve landslide identification, classification, characterization, and hazard/risk evaluation through geomorphological field surveys and studies; remote sensing applications; Geographic Information System (GIS) data mapping, processing and representation; the analysis of predisposing and triggering factors; landslide early warning system implementation; and the impact of current and future climate change scenarios on the evolution of these phenomena.