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A spatio-temporal landslide inventory for the NW of Spain: BAPA database
Title: A spatio-temporal landslide inventory for the NW of Spain: BAPA database
Authors: Valenzuela, PabloDomínguez Cuesta, María JoséMora García, Manuel AntonioAutor AEMETJiménez Sánchez, Montserrat
Keywords: Landslide database; Press archives; Rainfall
Issue Date: 2017
Publisher: Elsevier
Citation: Geomorphology. 2017, 293(Part A), p. 11-23
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.05.010
Abstract: A landslide database has been created for the Principality of Asturias, NW Spain: the BAPA (Base de datos de Argayos del Principado de Asturias – Principality of Asturias Landslide Database). Data collection is mainly performed through searching local newspaper archives. Moreover, a BAPA App and a BAPA website (http://geol.uniovi.es/BAPA) have been developed to obtain additional information from citizens and institutions. Presently, the dataset covers the period 1980–2015, recording 2063 individual landslides. The use of free cartographic servers, such as Google Maps, Google Street View and Iberpix (Government of Spain), combined with the spatial descriptions and pictures contained in the press news, makes it possible to assess different levels of spatial accuracy. In the database, 59% of the records show an exact spatial location, and 51% of the records provided accurate dates, showing the usefulness of press archives as temporal records. Thus, 32% of the landslides show the highest spatial and temporal accuracy levels. The database also gathers information about the type and characteristics of the landslides, the triggering factors and the damage and costs caused. Field work was conducted to validate the methodology used in assessing the spatial location, temporal occurrence and characteristics of the landslides.
Sponsorship : This research is funded by the Department of Employment, Industry and Tourism of the Government of Asturias, Spain, and the European Regional Development Fund FEDER, within the framework of the research grant "GEOCANTABRICA: Procesos geológicos modeladores del relieve de la Cordillera Cantábrica" (FC-15-GRUPIN14-044), and supported by the cooperation between the Department of Geology at the University of Oviedo and the AEMET.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11765/8814
ISSN: 0169-555X
1872-695X
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