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This paper describes the landslide, terrain, and geology which focused to residential area around the basin occupying Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. The basin has a large residential area in the northern part, and landslides sometimes affect the collapse of houses. Landslides in the studied area (see quadrangle in this paper's figures) were investigated to identify the external and internal factors of the three landslides, El Bambú, El Reparto, and Guillén, and examined the landslide process. In the studied area, the landslides are essentially derived from Slide-type landslide, followed by Flow-type landslide as debris flows, and finally undergo a termination process. Landslides in El Bambú and El Reparto have been stabled due to countermeasures. The Guillén landslide is always active due to the supply of water from residential areas. Internal factors such as topography and geology are generally considered to be landslide characteristics, whereas in the northern part of Tegucigalpa, wastewater from residential areas was found to be causing landslides on the slope located houses as an external factor.
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This investigation was conducted through the JICA project: “Proyecto para el Control y Mitigación de Desastres en Laderas del Distrito Central”. We are grateful to members of JICA project, the JICA Headquarters, the JICA Honduras Office, our counterparts: UNAH (Universidad National Autónoma de Honduras), AMDC (Alcaldía Municipal del Distrito Central), and COPECO (Comisión Permanente de Contingencias).
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Hirota, K., Rosa, C., Hasegawa, K. (2021). Slope Stability Around the Northern Part of the Tegucigalpa Basin, Honduras: A Case of Landslide Process at Residential Development Areas. In: Arbanas, Ž., Bobrowsky, P.T., Konagai, K., Sassa, K., Takara, K. (eds) Understanding and Reducing Landslide Disaster Risk. WLF 2020. ICL Contribution to Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60713-5_36
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