The Authors have developed and refined, along the past years, a physically-based Integrated Hydrological-Geotechnical model (IHG), which is able to assess the terr
itorial landslide susceptibil
ity per effect of rain histories. The IHG model has been applied on two benchmark s
ites in Liguria, showing
its reliabil
ity. Hence,
it may become a very useful instrument in order to allow proper risk evaluations and/or land use-planning over wide areas, especially taking into account
its forecasting abil
ity if using short/medium term meteorological predictions.
Along the paper the last application of the IHG model, its improvements and the next developments are thoroughly described.