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From a conceptual point of view, in order to create a ‘Landslide susceptibility map,’ it is necessary to operate keeping separate and afterwards comparing, on the one hand, the effects,which are the landslides actually observed, and on the other hand, the causes,which are the elements predisposing to landslide phenomena (Panizza and Piacente 1978; Panizza 1996) (Fig. 11.1). According to Brabb (1984),‘a landslide susceptibility map depicts areas likely to have landslides in the future correlating some of the principal factors that contribute to landsliding, such as steep slopes and weak geological units, with the past distribution of landslides.’
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Panizza, M. (2004). Landslide Susceptibility Mapping: A Methodological Approach. In: Casale, R., Margottini, C. (eds) Natural Disasters and Sustainable Development. Environmental Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-08905-7_11
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