Socioeconomic and environmental impacts of landslides in the Western Hemisphere
Open-File Report
2001-276
By: Robert L. Schuster and Lynn M. Highland
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Abstract
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. This paper notes outstanding examples of socioeconomic losses in the Americas.
Landslides impact the following elements of the natural environment: (1) the topography/morphology of both the subaerial and submarine surfaces of the Earth, (2) rivers, streams, forests, and grasslands, and (3) habitats of native fauna, both on the Earth?s surface and in its streams and oceans. Environmental disturbances are results of general tendency toward degradation of the Earth?s surface by gravitational mass wasting and erosion.
Suggested Citation
Schuster, R.L., Highland, L.M., 2001, Socioeconomic and environmental impacts of landslides in the Western Hemisphere: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2001-276, 47 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr01276.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Socioeconomic and environmental impacts of landslides in the Western Hemisphere |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 2001-276 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr01276 |
| Year Published | 2001 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Description | 47 p. |