Results
We expect to collect sufficient rainfall and landslide information to establish reliable empirical rainfall thresholds for possible landslide occurrence in different areas in India, and to implement the empirical thresholds in two regional-scale, operational landslide early warning systems in two areas in India, and in particular in the Darjeeling area, East Sikkim, e in the Nilgiris area, Western Ghats. We expect that the results obtained in these two areas will be useful in other areas in India, and more generally in other areas of South-East Asia.
Products
Our contribution to the project concerns the definition of empirical rainfall thresholds for the possible occurrence of landslides, and the implementation of the empirical thresholds in regional, operational landslide early warning systems in two areas in India.
Conclusions
LANDSLIP intends to develop tools, including operational systems, to reduce the impacts of landslides induced by rainfall, and to increase the resilience of local communities to landslides in India. For this purpose, LANDSLIP provides for the active involvement of local players who will contribute to the design, the implementation and to operate the forecasting systems developed under the project. We expect that the scientific and practical results obtained by LANDSLIP will be useful in other areas in India, and more generally in Asia, and in other parts of the world.
