Comparing the suitability of global gridded population datasets for local landslide risk assessments

Aaron Opdyke () and Khadija Fatima
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Aaron Opdyke: The University of Sydney
Khadija Fatima: The University of Sydney

Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, 2024, vol. 120, issue 3, No 11, 2415-2432

Abstract: Abstract Landslide risk assessments are increasingly crucial for meeting global disaster risk reduction strategies and mobilising knowledge for local governments to protect communities and infrastructure. These assessments are data intensive, requiring large amounts of spatial demographic and natural hazard information. There are a growing number of high-resolution gridded population datasets that have global coverage with significant potential to transform disaster risk modelling, however landslide research has not yet compared the suitability of these gridded datasets for local risk assessments. Combining social vulnerability indicators with high-resolution settlement layer (HRSL) and WorldPop gridded population datasets, as well as a local household survey, we layer landslide susceptibility maps to compare three landslide risk estimates, examining the case of the Municipality of Carigara located in the central Philippines. Using statistical t tests, we compare aggregated community landslide risk for 49 communities. Findings revealed that HRSL data resulted in similar landslide risk at community scales when compared to local surveys, however WorldPop data greatly overestimated risk. Our findings point to a high level of accuracy of HRSL when used as an exposure dataset for local landslide risk studies and recommend avoiding WorldPop for such purposes. This research advances understanding of the suitability of open population datasets for use in landslide risk assessments in resource-constrained communities.

Keywords: Disaster; Exposure; Philippines (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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