Dear researchers on landslides
I want to know that how much is it possible to adopt a unified method for regional-scale landslide susceptibility mapping to reach a common output. Thanks for valuable comments from landslide experts working on regional scale landslide susceptibility mapping.
Regards
Ijaz
Although I believe that it would be technically possible to apply a similar or even the same method in different regions or countries, I would not expect this to happen in the near future. The reasons for this are manifold, e.g. different goals of the studies, different terminologies and classifications, different data available, different experiences among researchers, and also the lack of an incentive to apply a unified method.
But of course, susceptibility maps that could be compared to each other are desirable - in particular for trans-boundary issues.
Although I believe that it would be technically possible to apply a similar or even the same method in different regions or countries, I would not expect this to happen in the near future. The reasons for this are manifold, e.g. different goals of the studies, different terminologies and classifications, different data available, different experiences among researchers, and also the lack of an incentive to apply a unified method.
But of course, susceptibility maps that could be compared to each other are desirable - in particular for trans-boundary issues.
Ciao Massi.
Yes, I do agree with you and I would also like to see such benchmarks being developed and applied. It would be extremely useful for comparisons of results and would also aid management of natural hazards, particularly across borders.
I am just not very optimistic that there will be such a unified susceptibility mapping approach soon. But let's hope that I am wrong!
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