Do not Let Your Guard Down: Landslide Exposure and Local Awareness in Mexico

Abstract

The International Consortium on Landslides, through the Sendai Partnerships 2015–2025 and the Kyoto Landslide Commitment 2020 for Global Promotion of Understanding and Reducing Landslide Disaster Risk, aims to support the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. This involves various actions in which enhancing capacity building, knowledge transfer, and raising awareness are sought. One of the problems related to people’s awareness of landslide disaster risk is their biased perception when landslides do not often occur in areas highly susceptible to such hazards. This study analyzes the expansion of the urban area of a community located in an area highly exposed to landslides. This was performed by producing high-resolution images and field observations using drones from 2007 to 2023. The spatiotemporal analysis indicates that in the last decade, landslides have not occurred. Therefore, recommendations are made to enhance landslide disaster risk awareness in a sustained manner.