Economic Losses and Fatalities Due to Landslides

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Research Article| February 01, 1986 Economic Losses and Fatalities Due to Landslides ROBERT L. SCHUSTER; ROBERT L. SCHUSTER U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 966, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar ROBERT W. FLEMING ROBERT W. FLEMING U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 966, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Environmental and Engineering Geoscience (1986) xxiii (1): 11–28. https://doi.org/10.2113/gseegeosci.xxiii.1.11 Article history first online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation ROBERT L. SCHUSTER, ROBERT W. FLEMING; Economic Losses and Fatalities Due to Landslides. Environmental and Engineering Geoscience 1986;; xxiii (1): 11–28. doi: https://doi.org/10.2113/gseegeosci.xxiii.1.11 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentBy SocietyEnvironmental and Engineering Geoscience Search Advanced Search Abstract Economic losses and casualties due to landslides are greater than commonly recognized. Annual losses in the United States, Japan, Italy, and India have been estimated at $1 billion or more each. Only scattered and incomplete information is available for many countries known to have serious landslide problems; examples include Indonesia, China, the Soviet Union, Nepal, and some South American countries. During the period 1971–74, nearly 600 people per year were killed by landslides worldwide; about 90 percent of these deaths occurred in the Circum-Pacific region. From 1967–82, 150 people per year died in Japan as a result of slope failures. In the United States, the number of landslide-related fatalities per year exceeds 25.Japan leads other nations in development of comprehensive programs to reduce economic losses and fatalities due to landslides. The United States, through the work of the Committee on Ground Failure Hazards of the National Research Council, recently has proposed a national landslide hazard reduction program. The National Research Council recommendations include research on (1) landslide identification and mapping, (2) initiation and mechanics of transport, and (3) innovative control techniques. In many countries, socioeconomic information on landslides should be assembled to provide a basis for assigning research priorities to problems of greatest potential benefit. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this article.