• Purpose
  To provide a means of assessing the relative distribution and frequency of global landslide hazard.
• DOI

  10.7927/H4P848VZ

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Data Dates

Creation	2005-12-31T00:00:00.000Z
Last Revision	2005-12-31T00:00:00.000Z

Processing Level
3
Quality Global Landslide Hazard Distribution is based upon a global landslide and snow avalanche dataset developed by Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI). NGI's model included SRTM30-based elevation, slope, soil, soil moisture, precipitation, seismicity, and temperature. Areas were ranked from 1 to 9 (9 being highest) with regards to the propensity for a landslide or avalanche. Since an NGI index 4 and below were negligible, these were dropped from analysis. To make the final surface compatible with the other hazard decile surfaces, 1 was added to the remaining classes (5 through 9). Therefore, Global Landslide Hazard Distribution only has a range of 6 through 10. Note that areas of no data are not necessarily without hazard risk but may rather be an artifact of the mask used to exclude from analysis those areas that had a population density of less than 5 persons per square kilometer and were without significant agriculture.
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  Complete

• Use Constraints

  The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, Center for Hazards and Risk Research (CHRR), and Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) hold the copyright of this data set. Users are prohibited from any commercial, non-free resale, or redistribution without explicit written permission from CHRR, CIESIN, and NGI. Users should acknowledge CHRR, CIESIN, and NGI as the source used in the creation of any reports, publications, new data sets, derived products, or services resulting from the use of this data set. CHRR, CIESIN, and NGI also request reprints of any publications and notification of any redistribution efforts.

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Publication References

• Title: Global Landslide Mortality Risks and Distribution

  Publication Date: 2005-12-31

  Publisher: Center for Hazards and Risk Research (CHRR)/Columbia University

  Author(s): Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development - The World Bank

  DOI: 10.7927/H4JH3J4N

  Online Resource: https://doi.org/10.7927/H4JH3J4N

• Title: Global Landslide Proportional Economic Loss Risk Deciles

  Publication Date: 2005-12-31

  Publisher: Center for Hazards and Risk Research (CHRR)/Columbia University

  Author(s): Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development - The World Bank

  DOI: 10.7927/H4DR2SDX

  Online Resource: https://doi.org/10.7927/H4DR2SDX

• Title: Global Landslide Total Economic Loss Risk Deciles

  Publication Date: 2005-12-31

  Publisher: Center for Hazards and Risk Research (CHRR)/Columbia University

  Author(s): Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development - The World Bank

  DOI: 10.7927/H49021PW

  Online Resource: https://doi.org/10.7927/H49021PW

• Title: Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis

  Publication Date: 2005-04-30

  Publisher: World Bank

  Author(s): Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman

  Online Resource: http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/621711468175150317/Natural-disaster-hotspots-A-global-risk-analysis

Projects

Coverage Type	Zone Identifier	Geometry	Granule Representation
HORIZONTAL		CARTESIAN	CARTESIAN

Resolution and Coordinate System

Geodetic Model:

Datum Name	Ellipsoid Name	Semi Major Axis	Flattening Ratio Denominator
World Geodetic System 1984	WGS84	6378137	298.257224

Horizontal Data Resolution

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