Introduction to the Volume ‘From Mapping to Hazard and Risk Zonation’

“From mapping to hazard and risk zonation” is Volume 2 of the book “Understanding and Reducing Landslide Disaster Risk”. The volume collects 54 articles covering five main general topics, including (i) landslide detection, recognition and mapping, (ii) landslide susceptibility assessment and spatial landslide modelling, (iii) landslide size statistics and landslide temporal modelling, (iv) data and information for landslide disaster mitigation, and (v) vulnerability to landslides of people, communities and the built environment. More than 180 authors contributed to the volume, and presented the results of their research conducted in 23 Nations in all continents, except Antarctica. Overall, the 54 articles illustrate a variety of consolidated and innovative methods and techniques, and together represent a contribution of the international landslide community to the long-term effort towards landslide disaster risk reduction.