SUGGESTED INSTRUCTOR'S READINGS:

DeGraff, J.V., (1991) Determining the significance of landslide activity: examples from the Eastern Caribbean, Caribbean Geography, Vol. 3, No. 1, p. 29-42.

Fleming, R. W. and F. A. Taylor, (1980) Estimating the costs of landslide damage in the United States, U. S. Geological Survey Circular 832, 21 p.

Keaton, J.R. and DeGraff, J.V., (1996) Suface Observationa and Geologic Mapping, in Turner, A.K and Schuster, R.L (eds.), Landslides-Investigation and Mitigation, Special Report 247, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., p ???

Schuster, R. L. and R. W. Fleming, (1986) Economic losses and fatalities due to landslides, Bulletin of the Association of Engineering Geologists, Vol. 23, No. 1, p. 11-18.

ADDITIONAL READINGS:

Carrara, A., Cardinali, M., and Guzzetti, F., (1992) Uncertainty in assessing landslide hazard and risk, ITC Journal, Vol 1992-2, p. 172-183
^{This article is a good examination of the uncertainty in developing landslide inventory maps and provides a rationale for employing a statistical based method for developing a hazard map.}

Larsen, M.C. and Simon, A., (1993) A rainfall intensity-duration threshold for landslides in a humid-tropical environment, Puerto Rico, Geografiska Annaler, Vol. 75A, 1-2, p. 13-23.
^{This article is a good example at looking at triggering conditions for debris flow in a Caribbean environment and is related to the efforts to develop similar curves/relationships in other parts of the world}