Landslides & Lahars
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 Las Colinas landslide, El Salvador, 2001 - USGS photo. |
| Major Catastrophic Landslides of the 20th
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"In
spite of improvements in recognition, prediction, mitigative measures,
and warning systems,
economic losses and casualties due to landslides in the Western Hemisphere appear to be growing as a result
of increasing development of landslide-prone areas due to population pressures."
From: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-0276 2001 by Robert L. Schuster and Lynn M. Highland, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S.A
economic losses and casualties due to landslides in the Western Hemisphere appear to be growing as a result
of increasing development of landslide-prone areas due to population pressures."
From: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-0276 2001 by Robert L. Schuster and Lynn M. Highland, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S.A
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