Understanding Landslide Patterns in the Colombian Andes

Funding agency:

Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung

Funding period:

10/2023-01/2025

Project description:

Landslides abound in the tropical mountains of Colombia, and episodically cause loss of lives, damage to housing, and disruption of infrastructure. We use a catalogue of some 14,000 individual landslides to learn more about the controls on their spatial distribution. Which parts of the landscape are most prone to landslides and why? To this end, we use several diagnostics of the underlying geology, surrounding topography, rainfall conditions, and spatial statistical models to see by how much we can improve current models of slope stability in this dynamic mountain region.

Active Project Cooperation Partners:

Edier Aristzabal