Environmental shifts resulting from climate change have led to increased risk of natural hazards such as drought, wildfires, floods, and landslides, which all represent major threats to the state’s infrastructure. One particular risk is that posed by greater precipitation in areas affected by wildfires, which can lead to an increase in landslide hazard. There is little research available for predicting future landslide susceptibility. To address this gap, our research team developed a landslide susceptibility assessment framework which reflects changing climate conditions under different levels of projected greenhouse gas emissions and applied it to assess the vulnerability of California’s transportation infrastructure.
