Project Name

Guatemala Housing Project – Landslide Hazard Mapping for Guatemala City.

Beneficiary

Inter-American Development Bank

Project Site

Washington , DC

Funding Source

IADB Project Funds
The World Bank

Implementation Time

July 1997 - October 1997 

Project Objectives/Components

• Analyze newly collected data along with prior data regarding landslides to determine those existing areas at risk due to future seismically induced landslides.
• Developed a detailed GIS database to support the above analyses,
• Provided the Housing Team with rapid, up to date information regarding at risk housing.

Project Tasks

• Developeded a detailed GIS database to support the analyses of landslide risk for urban areas in Guatemala City ,
• Developded a 3Dimensional model of the city to accurately calculate slope for use in the risk models,
• Utilized up to date IRS satellite data to create up to date data for urban extent and content,
• Converted old landslide information into the GIS to use to calculate those areas most at risk for future landslides,
• Calculated approximate impact of future landslides on existing housing and determine ‘no go zones' for future housing.
• Prepared Terms of Reference for follow on phase work.

Implementation Team

International Land Systems (ILS), Inc.