SCALE

RANGE

SMALL (national, continental) MEDIUM (regional)

< 1.100.000

TYPICAL AREA OF ZONING > 10.000 km2

EXAMPLE OF ZONING APPLICATION Landslide inventory and susceptibility to inform policy makers and the general public. Landslide inventory and susceptibility zoning for regional development; or very large scale engineering projects.

HAZARD ASSESMENT

No assessed

1.100.000 to 1:25.000

>100010.000 km2

Preliminary level hazard mapping for local areas.

LARGE (local)

Landslide inventory, Intermediate to advanced level susceptibility and hazard hazard zoning for regional zoning for local areas. development. Preliminary to intermediate level risk zoning for local areas and the advanced stages of planning for large Engineering structures, roads and railways. Preliminary to intermediate level risk zoning for local areas and the advanced stages of planning for large Engineering structures, roads and railways. DETAILED > 1:5000 > several Intermediate and advanced Intermediate and advanced level (local to hm2 - level risk zoning for local hazard zoning for local and sitesite-specific tens of and site-specific areas and specific areas areas) km2 for the design phase of large engineering structures, roads and railways Table 1. Zoning map scale and their related applications. Modified from (Fell et al. 2008a)

1:25.000 to 1:5.000

> 10-1000 km2

For specific levels of risk recommended scales can be found in the literature, e.g., for landslide inventory zoning and sources common scales are given in Guzzeti (1) (Guzzetti 2002): For small-scale inventories (< 1:200.000) data are mostly extracted from the literature, inquires to public or private entities, by searching chronicles, journals, technical and scientific reports, or by interviewing landslide experts, and these are called achieve inventories. For medium-scale inventories (1:25,000 to 1:200,000) data come from the interpretation of aerial photographs at print scales which range from 1:60,000 to 1:20,000 and by integrating local field checks with historical information. For large-scale inventories (>1:25,000) or limited areas, using both the interpretation of aerial photographs at scales greater than 1:20,000 and extensive field investigations.

In the same way the recommended hazard zoning scales related with their purpose of the assessment in land use, extent of the studied area and the data availability can be found in Aleotti 1999 (Aleotti et al. 1999): For planning a regional scale (1: 100.0001: 500.000) can be adopted based on a statistic analysis and interpretation of available data.