Community selection

Communities can be prioritized and selected by addressing a combination of two methods :

• A priori list-driven questions for bottom-up selection

1. Where have landslides already occurred?
2. How many houses are exposed, and is housing density moderate to high?
3. Are the exposed households physically and socioeconomically vulnerable?
4. Based on the above, which communities are at greatest risk from landslides?
5. Would an intervention be cost-effective, and does it fit the project scope?

• GIS-based approach for wide-area, or top-down selection

1.Where are the areas with the highest landslide susceptibility or hazard?
2. Within these landslide areas, where are the most-exposed communities?
3. Within these exposed communities, where is the greatest physical and socioeconomic vulnerability?
4. Based on the above, which communities are at greatest risk from landslides?
5. Where would an intervention be most cost-effective and appropriate?

 Typically, there will be a range of data and political factors that need to beassimilated by the Mossaic Core Unit in prioritizing and selecting communities. Regardless of the precise wording of the local selection criteria, the aim should be to assess landslide susceptibility/hazard, the exposure and vulnerability of communities to that hazard, the overall landslide risk, and the appropriateness of Mossaic project-specific criteria may be used to refine and prioritize the community short list.