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Contribution of Geomatics Engineering and VGI Within the Landslide Risk Assessment Procedures

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This paper presents a literature review on the methodology called Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) and its use for Landslide Risk Assessment (LRA). General risk assessment procedures are discussed and the potential contributions of VGI are identified, in particular when quantitative characterization of factors such as Hazard, Vulnerability and Exposure is required. The review shows that the standard LRA procedures may benefit from input given by surveyors when performing hazard assessments, while crowdsourced data would be a valuable support in vulnerability/damage assessment studies. The review also highlights several limitations related to the role of VGI and crowdsourcing in LRA.

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Mancini, F., Capra, A., Castagnetti, C., Ceppi, C., Bertacchini, E., Rivola, R. (2015). Contribution of Geomatics Engineering and VGI Within the Landslide Risk Assessment Procedures. In: Gervasi, O., et al. Computational Science and Its Applications -- ICCSA 2015. ICCSA 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9156. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21407-8_45

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