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22 July 2023

Previous studies have analyzed the damage of tunnels and slopes as a single entity, ignoring the interaction effect between the tunnels and slopes, which will have an impact on the accuracy of the damage mechanism and the safety of the treatment meas...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability Assessments and Implementations in Transport Pavement Infrastructure)
  • Article
  • Open Access
47 Citations
8,125 Views
25 Pages

Landslide-Induced Damage Probability Estimation Coupling InSAR and Field Survey Data by Fragility Curves

  • Matteo Del Soldato,
  • Lorenzo Solari,
  • Francesco Poggi,
  • Federico Raspini and ,
  • Roberto Tomás,
  • Riccardo Fanti and
  • Nicola Casagli
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

22 June 2019

Landslides are considered to be one of the main natural geohazards causing relevant economic damages and social effects worldwide. Italy is one of the countries worldwide most affected by landslides; in the Region of Tuscany alone, more than 100,000...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Remote Sensing of Landslides II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
373 Views
39 Pages

6 September 2026

Landslide damage in mountain forest watersheds may vary not only with local slope conditions but also with hydrological and geomorphological connectivity within watersheds. This study quantitatively analyzed differences in landslide damage characteri...

(This article belongs to the Section Natural Hazards and Risk Management)
  • Case Report
  • Open Access
33 Citations
9,667 Views
17 Pages

A-DInSAR Monitoring of Landslide and Subsidence Activity: A Case of Urban Damage in Arcos de la Frontera, Spain

  • Guadalupe Bru,
  • Pablo J. González,
  • Rosa M. Mateos,
  • Francisco J. Roldán and ,
  • Gerardo Herrera,
  • Marta Béjar-Pizarro and
  • José Fernández
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

31 July 2017

Terrain surface displacements at a site can be induced by more than one geological process. In this work, we use advanced differential interferometry SAR (A-DInSAR) to measure ground deformation in Arcos de la Frontera (SW Spain), where severe damage...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Remote Sensing of Landslides)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,734 Views
16 Pages

1 November 2023

In the future, as a result of global warming, it is possible that rainfall could become more intense and frequent. This could lead to more frequent triggering of damaging phenomena such as floods and landslides (named as a whole damaging hydrogeologi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Geological Hazards: Landslides Induced by Rainfall and Infiltration)
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  • Open Access
449 Views
15 Pages

ChangeFormer-Based Detection of Landslide-Damaged Areas Using Sentinel-2 Imagery in South Korea

  • Geonhwi Jung,
  • Mooyoung Lim,
  • Choongshik Woo,
  • Bomi Kim and ,
  • Yongku Kim,
  • Yongchul Shin and
  • Joowon Park
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

30 August 2026

Landslides triggered by heavy rainfall have become increasingly frequent and severe, creating a need for the rapid and accurate detection of damaged areas for post-disaster response and recovery planning. This study developed a ChangeFormer-based lan...

(This article belongs to the Topic Modeling, Assessment and Monitoring of Geotechnical and Geological Disasters)
  • Review
  • Open Access
28 Citations
9,254 Views
31 Pages

The stability and kinematics of rock slopes are widely considered to be functions of lithological, structural, and environmental features. Conversely, slope damage features are often overlooked and considered as byproducts of slope deformation. This...

(This article belongs to the Section Natural Hazards)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,247 Views
24 Pages

Rainfall-induced landslides represent one of the most recurrent geohazards affecting the transportation network of southwestern Calabria (Italy). This study provides an integrated assessment of landslide occurrence and road damage along the Costa Vio...

  • Technical Note
  • Open Access
94 Citations
12,749 Views
17 Pages

Mapping Vulnerable Urban Areas Affected by Slow-Moving Landslides Using Sentinel-1 InSAR Data

  • Marta Béjar-Pizarro,
  • Davide Notti,
  • Rosa M. Mateos,
  • Pablo Ezquerro and ,
  • Giuseppe Centolanza,
  • Gerardo Herrera,
  • Guadalupe Bru,
  • Margarita Sanabria,
  • Lorenzo Solari and
  • José Fernández
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

23 August 2017

Landslides are widespread natural hazards that generate considerable damage and economic losses worldwide. Detecting terrain movements caused by these phenomena and characterizing affected urban areas is critical to reduce their impact. Here we prese...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Earth Observation to Support Disaster Preparedness and Disaster Risk Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
45 Citations
8,693 Views
17 Pages

Earthquakes are one of the most devastating types of natural disasters, and happen with little to no warning. This study combined Landsat-8 and interferometric ALOS-2 coherence data without training area techniques by classifying the remote sensing r...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
8,605 Views
19 Pages

A Semiautomatic Pixel-Object Method for Detecting Landslides Using Multitemporal ALOS-2 Intensity Images

  • Bruno Adriano,
  • Naoto Yokoya,
  • Hiroyuki Miura,
  • Masashi Matsuoka and
  • Shunichi Koshimura

8 February 2020

The rapid and accurate mapping of large-scale landslides and other mass movement disasters is crucial for prompt disaster response efforts and immediate recovery planning. As such, remote sensing information, especially from synthetic aperture radar...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Remote Sensing for Disaster Research: Methodologies and Applications)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
4,418 Views
20 Pages

Integrated Procedure for Monitoring and Assessment of Linear Infrastructures Safety (I-Pro MONALISA) Affected by Slope Instability

  • Donato Infante,
  • Diego Di Martire,
  • Domenico Calcaterra,
  • Pietro Miele and ,
  • Anna Scotto di Santolo and
  • Massimo Ramondini
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

16 December 2019

The occurrence of geological events such as landslides is one of the main causes of damage along linear infrastructures: Damage to transport infrastructures, as roads, bridges, and railways, can restrict their optimal functions and contribute to traf...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mapping and Monitoring of Geohazards)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
7,523 Views
19 Pages

Multi-Source Data Integration to Investigate a Deep-Seated Landslide Affecting a Bridge

  • José Luis Pastor,
  • Roberto Tomás,
  • Luca Lettieri,
  • Adrián Riquelme and ,
  • Miguel Cano,
  • Donato Infante,
  • Massimo Ramondini and
  • Diego Di Martire
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

12 August 2019

The integration of data from different sources can be very helpful in understanding the mechanism, the geometry, the kinematic, and the area affected by complex instabilities, especially when the available geotechnical information is limited. In this...

(This article belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,440 Views
17 Pages

Prediction of Landslide Deformation Region Based on the Improved S-Growth Curve Model

  • Yuyang Li,
  • Wen Nie,
  • Qihang Li,
  • Yang Zhu and ,
  • Canming Yuan,
  • Bibo Dai and
  • Qiuping Kong
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

10 March 2023

Quantitative research on and the prediction of a landslide deformation area is an important point to accurately and comprehensively understand the failure mechanism of landslides and the degree of slope failure. This study uses image processing techn...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Novel Technology in Landslide Monitoring and Risk Assessment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
6,818 Views
14 Pages

5 December 2017

Dealing with engineering structures that are not easily replaceable requires frequent assessment of the damage state of the construction in order to estimate its durability and reliability. The procedures that allow damage to be detected and identifi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,157 Views
17 Pages

18 July 2023

Bedding-controlled landslides are a common geological hazard for open-pit metal mines and occur on layered rock slopes. It can spread spatially over the final boundary of the dip slope and persist throughout the entire life cycle of the mine, substan...

(This article belongs to the Topic Development of Monitoring, Analysis and Maintenance Technics of Infrastructures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,307 Views
34 Pages

13 April 2026

Earthquake-induced landslides in active orogens such as the Nepal Himalaya pose severe threats to lives, infrastructure, and post-disaster recovery. While machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) approaches to coseismic landslide susceptibility m...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence and Remote Sensing for Geohazards)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,847 Views
22 Pages

2 December 2024

This study addresses the assessment of bridge damage risks associated with heavy rainfall, focusing on landslide susceptibility and driftwood generation potential. By integrating convolutional neural networks (CNNs) with traditional machine learning...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
8,290 Views
19 Pages

27 November 2014

A damaging hydrogeological event (DHE) is characterized by two components: a rainfall event and a subsequent damage event, which is the result of floods and landslides triggered by rainfall. The characteristics of both events depend on climatic, geo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,520 Views
22 Pages

18 May 2018

The amount of damage caused by landslides has increased due to climate change. Adaptation plans are required to help cope with landslides in order to reduce the extent of the damage. Landslide hazard analysis can help create adaptation plans. Analyzi...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
51 Citations
4,409 Views
18 Pages

30 October 2020

The loess landslide in Gaoling District of Xi’an, Shaanxi in China is closely related to the seasonal freeze–thaw cycle, which is manifested by the destruction of pore structure and strength deterioration of the loess body under freeze&nd...

(This article belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)
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  • Open Access
531 Views
19 Pages

26 May 2026

This study aims to characterize rainfall-triggered phenomena, including floods, landslides, and urban flooding, defined as damaging hydrogeological events (DHEs), through the integration of the scientific literature and historical documentary sources...

(This article belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
115 Citations
10,653 Views
24 Pages

17 April 2015

In recent years, space-borne InSAR (interferometric synthetic aperture radar) techniques have shown their capabilities to provide precise measurements of Earth surface displacements for monitoring natural processes. Landslides threaten human lives an...

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  • Open Access
28 Citations
10,908 Views
33 Pages

Earthquake Environmental Effects and Building Properties Controlling Damage Caused by the 6 February 2023 Earthquakes in East Anatolia

  • Spyridon Mavroulis,
  • Ioannis Argyropoulos,
  • Emmanuel Vassilakis,
  • Panayotis Carydis and
  • Efthymis Lekkas

On 6 February 2023, East Anatolia was devastated by two major earthquakes resulting in hundreds of thousands of collapses and tens of thousands of human casualties. This paper investigates the factors related to building properties and earthquake env...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Active Tectonics and Earthquakes)
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  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,547 Views
20 Pages

Examination of the Effects of Different Frequencies on Rock Fracturing via Laboratory-Scale Variable Amplitude Fatigue Loading Experiments

  • Shaohua Gao,
  • Huajun Meng,
  • Yunfeng Wu,
  • Xuebing Wang and ,
  • Yu Wang,
  • Jihuan Wu and
  • Peng Wang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

13 April 2023

In this study, the characteristics of the fracture evolution of argillaceous shale under increasing-amplitude loading were investigated. The GCTS RTR-2000 test system and in-situ acoustic emission (AE) monitoring were employed to execute the tests. T...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
9,187 Views
17 Pages

13 November 2013

Damaging geo-Hydrogeological Events (DHEs) are defined as the occurrence of destructive phenomena (such as landslides and floods) that can cause damage to people and goods during periods of bad weather. These phenomena should be analyzed together as...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Flood Estimation and Analysis in a Variable and Changing Environment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,310 Views
22 Pages

Analysis of Shear Constitutive Models of the Slip Zone Soil Based on Various Statistical Damage Distributions

  • Yinfeng Luo,
  • Zongxing Zou,
  • Changdong Li,
  • Haojie Duan and ,
  • Nang Mon Mon Thaw,
  • Bocheng Zhang,
  • Bingdong Ding and
  • Junrong Zhang
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

30 March 2022

The shear constitutive model of the slip zone soil can be used to quantitatively describe the relationship between shear stress and shear displacement, which is of great significance for the analysis of deformation mechanism and stability evaluation...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Research in Soil and Rock Behavior for Geotechnical and Geohazard Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
761 Views
24 Pages

27 December 2025

Effective monitoring and early warning of the instability of anti-slide piles in loess landslides depend on identifying the precursory signs of anti-slide pile failure. The acoustic emission (AE) characteristics of concrete anti-slide piles under cyc...

(This article belongs to the Section Fault Diagnosis & Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
6,369 Views
31 Pages

The stability of high rock slopes is largely controlled by the location and orientation of geological features, such as faults, folds, joints, and bedding planes, which can induce structurally controlled slope instability. Under certain conditions, s...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mountain Landslides: Monitoring, Modeling, and Mitigation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,551 Views
19 Pages

Combining Statistical, Displacement and Damage Analyses to Study Slow-Moving Landslides Interacting with Roads: Two Case Studies in Southern Italy

  • Gaetano Pecoraro,
  • Gianfranco Nicodemo,
  • Rosa Menichini,
  • Davide Luongo and ,
  • Dario Peduto and
  • Michele Calvello
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

6 March 2023

Slow-moving landslides are widespread natural hazards that can affect social and economic activities, causing damage to structures and infrastructures. This paper aims at proposing a procedure to analyze road damage induced by slow-moving landslides...

(This article belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,960 Views
18 Pages

An Experimental Study of the Acoustic Signal Characteristics of Locked-Segment Damage Evolution in a Landslide Model

  • Xing Zhu,
  • Hui Chen,
  • Zhanglei Wu,
  • Shumei Yang and ,
  • Xiaopeng Li and
  • Tiantao Li
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

30 July 2024

Three-section landslides are renowned for their immense size, concealed development process, and devastating impact. This study conducted physical model tests to simulate one special geological structure called a three-section-within landslide. The f...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Acoustic and Ultrasonic Sensing Technology in Non-Destructive Testing)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
50 Citations
9,769 Views
18 Pages

29 July 2022

Landslides triggered by rainfall kill people worldwide, and frequent extreme events that are expected to be an effect of climate change could exacerbate this problem. This review aims to identify recent research, highlighting both the dynamics of lan...

(This article belongs to the Section Hazards and Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,603 Views
21 Pages

1 July 2023

This paper presents a GIS-based approach to create a multilevel data system for detailed knowledge of landslide occurrences in small territorial units such as municipalities. The main aim is to collect all the available data (geological, geomorpholog...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Prediction and Prevention of Risks Related to Hydro-Geotechnical Hazards)
  • Editorial
  • Open Access
74 Citations
13,031 Views
10 Pages

24 February 2017

Earth Observations (EO) encompasses different types of sensors (e.g., Synthetic Aperture Radar, Laser Imaging Detection and Ranging, Optical and multispectral) and platforms (e.g., satellites, aircraft, and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) and enables us to...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Earth Observations for Geohazards)
  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
55 Citations
9,988 Views
24 Pages

The stability and deformation behavior of high rock slopes depends on many factors, including geological structures, lithology, geomorphic processes, stress distribution, and groundwater regime. A comprehensive mapping program is, therefore, required...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications of Photogrammetry for Environmental Research)
  • Technical Note
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,650 Views
16 Pages

To estimate the expected damage due to rockfalls and debris flows for buildings and people, it is essential to assess the response of brick walls to boulder impacts. There are scarce physical tests of the impact of boulders on brick walls, which are...

(This article belongs to the Section Natural Hazards)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,674 Views
18 Pages

Three-Dimensional Rockslide Analysis Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and LiDAR: The Castrocucco Case Study, Southern Italy

  • Antonio Minervino Amodio,
  • Giuseppe Corrado,
  • Ilenia Graziamaria Gallo,
  • Dario Gioia and ,
  • Marcello Schiattarella,
  • Valentino Vitale and
  • Gaetano Robustelli
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

19 June 2024

Rockslides are one of the most dangerous hazards in mountainous and hilly areas. In this study, a rockslide that occurred on 30 November 2022 in Castrocucco, a district located in the Italian municipality of Maratea (Potenza province) in the Basilica...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Aerial and Drone LiDAR Data for Geomorphological Mapping, Landform Extraction and Landscape Evolution)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,265 Views
26 Pages

A New Module for the Evaluation of Bridges Based on Visual Inspection through a Digital Application Linked to an Up-to-Date Database of Damage Catalog for Colombia

  • Edgar E. Muñoz-Diaz,
  • Andrés Vargas-Luna,
  • Federico Nuñez-Moreno,
  • Carlos F. Florez and ,
  • Yezid A. Alvarado,
  • Daniel M. Ruiz,
  • Álvaro Mora and
  • Juan F. Correal
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

19 April 2024

Road structures undergo a series of chemical and physical processes once they are put into service. This phenomenon results from the action of the load and the influence of the environment, which causes their progressive deterioration. In order to mi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Digital Technologies in Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC))
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,057 Views
24 Pages

12 February 2025

In light of the increasing frequency of extreme rainfall events, there has been a concomitant rise in landslides triggered by such precipitation. Despite the extensive research conducted on rainfall-induced landslides, the practical implementation of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Water-Related Landslide Hazard Process and Its Triggering Events)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,892 Views
13 Pages

Monitoring and Assessing the Dynamics of Building Deformation Changes in Landslide Areas

  • Lucyna Florkowska,
  • Izabela Bryt-Nitarska,
  • Rafał Gawałkiewicz and
  • Janusz Kruczkowski

30 December 2019

The paper presents the procedure and results of monitoring conducted by using a 3D measurement model, taking advantage of integrated surveying technologies developed for a building located within an activated landslide area. Geodynamic interactions w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,888 Views
17 Pages

18 August 2020

Every year, many countries carry out landslide susceptibility analyses to establish and manage countermeasures and reduce the damage caused by landslides. Because increases in the areas of landslides lead to new landslides, there is a growing need fo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence Methods Applied to Urban Remote Sensing and GIS)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,008 Views
22 Pages

Failure Process Analysis of Landslide Triggered by Rainfall at Volcanic Area: Fangshan Landslide Case Study

  • Weiwei Gu,
  • Zinan Li,
  • Cheng Lin,
  • Faming Zhang and ,
  • Menglong Dong,
  • Yukun Li and
  • Chang Liu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

12 December 2022

The Fangshan landslide was a rainfall-induced landslide that occurred in a volcanic area in the Fangshan scenic spot, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. On 25 October 2016, after approximately 10 days of continuous rainfall, a shallow landslide rapidly develop...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Rainfall-Induced Geological Disasters)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,029 Views
19 Pages

8 December 2025

Monitoring landslide displacement and anti-slide pile damage is critical for assessing the stability of progressive loess landslides. To address the challenge of capturing precursor information for loess landslide instability under anti-slide pile re...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,680 Views
23 Pages

Landslide Prediction Validation in Western North Carolina After Hurricane Helene

  • Sophia Lin,
  • Shenen Chen,
  • Ryan A. Rasanen,
  • Qifan Zhao and ,
  • Vidya Chavan,
  • Wenwu Tang,
  • Navanit Shanmugam,
  • Craig Allan,
  • Nicole Braxtan and
  • John Diemer
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

14 December 2024

Hurricane Helene triggered 1792 landslides across western North Carolina and has caused damage to 79 bridges to date. Helene hit western North Carolina days after a low-pressure system dropped up to 254 mm of rain in some locations of western North C...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,797 Views
24 Pages

Study on the Interaction Mechanism between Micropiles and Soil Landslides

  • Rui Xu,
  • Guochen Sui,
  • Guanglu Wang,
  • Hui Cheng and ,
  • Xunchang Li,
  • Wei Yang,
  • Juntao Deng and
  • Farong Zeng
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

5 July 2023

The interaction mechanism between micropiles and soil landslides is comprehensively investigated through static model tests and numerical simulations. The results show that the deformation damage mode of micropiles is mainly bending and shear damage....

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
7,855 Views
15 Pages

13 January 2023

The Himalayan state of Sikkim is prone to some of the world’s largest landslides, which have caused catastrophic damage to lives, properties, and infrastructures in the region. The settlements along the steep valley sides are particularly subje...

(This article belongs to the Topic Landslide Detection and Monitoring Using Multisource Remote Sensing Data)
  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
9,466 Views
18 Pages

23 January 2014

This paper describes the application of remote sensing techniques, based on SAR interferometry for the intensity zonation of the landslide affecting the Castagnola village (Northern Apennines of Liguria region, Italy). The study of the instability co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,767 Views
17 Pages

Development and Application of Models for Landslide Hazards in Northern Pakistan

  • Tahir Ali Akbar,
  • Siddique Ullah,
  • Waheed Ullah,
  • Rafi Ullah and ,
  • Raja Umer Sajjad,
  • Abdullah Mohamed,
  • Alamgir Khalil,
  • Muhammad Faisal Javed and
  • Anwarud Din
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

17 August 2022

In this paper, new models were investigated and developed for landslide hazards in Muzaffarabad District, located in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir region of Pakistan. The influential factors used in the landslide modelling were land use/landcover (LULC)...

(This article belongs to the Topic Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,761 Views
22 Pages

Simulation of Debris-Flow Runout Near a Construction Site in Korea

  • Byung-Gon Chae,
  • Ying-Hsin Wu,
  • Ko-Fei Liu,
  • Junghae Choi and
  • Hyuck-Jin Park

2 September 2020

This study analyzed landslide susceptibility and numerically simulated the runout distance of debris flows near a construction site in Korea. Landslide susceptibility was based on a landslide prediction map of the study area. In the prediction map, 3...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Assessment of Landslide Susceptibility and Hazard in the Big Data Era)
  • Article
  • Open Access
49 Citations
5,038 Views
18 Pages

19 November 2020

In recent years, the incidence of localized heavy rainfall has increased as abnormal weather events occur more frequently. In densely populated urban areas, this type of heavy rain can cause extreme landslide damage, so that it is necessary to estima...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Machine Learning Techniques Applied to Geospatial Big Data)

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